Countries
Armenian Highland
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Greek
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Silaw
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Sipas
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Bayanit bash
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Bibûre
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
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French Name
arménien
kurde
German Name
Armenisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
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Ethnicity
Armenians
Kurds
Origin
late 5th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
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Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arme1241
kurd1259
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Armenian and Kurdish Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Kurdish language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Armenian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Kurdish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.
