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Kazakh vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
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   

Bye
bye   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Northern Kurdish   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Eastern Iraq   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Not Available   

French Name
kazakh   
kurde   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Kurds   

History

Origin
17th Century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Kurdish   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
kur   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Kazakh and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Kurdish language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh and Kurdish Language History.

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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.

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