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Korean vs Kurdish


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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