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Kurdish and Albanian


Albanian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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.
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Similar To
Farsi Language   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Përshëndetje   

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   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Me fal   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

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   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
alb   

ISO 639 3
kur   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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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.

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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.

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