Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Silaw
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
Sipas
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Bayanit bash
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bibûre
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
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German Name
Kasachisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
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Origin
17th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
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Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
Standard Forms
Kazakh
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kaza1248
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Kurdish language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.
