Countries
Israel
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Israel
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hébreu
  
kurde
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hebrew and Kurdish Speaking population
Hebrew and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hebrew and Kurdish on Hebrew vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hebrew and Kurdish Language Codes
Hebrew and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hebrew and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.