Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
kurde
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic