Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Iraq, Kurdistan
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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Hangul
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Jeju
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Korea
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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German Name
Koreanisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Origin
Before 1st century
16th century CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kore1280
kurd1259
Linguasphere
45-AAA
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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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.