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Albanian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Silaw   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Ju lutem   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Me fal   
Bibûre   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
albanais   
kurde   

German Name
Albanisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
kur   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Albanian and Kurdish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Kurdish Speaking population

Albanian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Kurdish on Albanian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Kurdish Language Codes

Albanian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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