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Georgian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Silaw   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Bibûre   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Eastern Iraq   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Not Available   

French Name
géorgien   
kurde   

German Name
Georgisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
5th Century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Kurdish   

Language Position
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
kur   

ISO 639 3
kat   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Georgian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Kurdish language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Georgian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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