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Bulgarian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bulgaria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Not Available  

French Name
bulgare  
kurde  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
88  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
kur  

ISO 639 3
bul  
kur  

ISO 639 6
buls  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bulgarian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Kurdish language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bulgarian and Kurdish Language History.

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Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Kurdish language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bulgarian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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