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Kurdish and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
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   

History

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   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Kurdish and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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