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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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