Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
kurde
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Bulgarian Speaking population
Kurdish and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian on Kurdish vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Bulgarian Language Codes
Kurdish and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.