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Croatian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
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
bok  
Silaw  

Thank You
hvala  
Sipas  

How Are You?
kako si  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Bayanit bash  

Please
molim  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Bibûre  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Not Available  

French Name
croate  
kurde  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th century  
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
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
kur  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Kurdish language. History of Croatian 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 Croatian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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