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Kurdish vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
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  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Silaw  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Bibûre  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Eastern Iraq  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Not Available  

French Name
coréen  
kurde  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Kurds  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Kurdish  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
kur  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Korean and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Kurdish language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean and Kurdish Language History.

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

Korean vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Korean vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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