Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Romanian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Şev xweş
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Evare baş
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
mirëdita
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
mirëmengjes
Please
Bê zehmet
Ju lutem
Bye
Be xêr çî
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Më falni
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Italy
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
kurde
albanais
German Name
Kurdisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Albanians
Origin
16th century CE
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Albanian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
alba1267
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Kurdish and Albanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Albanian Speaking population
Kurdish and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Albanian on Kurdish vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Albanian Language Codes
Kurdish and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.