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Kurdish and Greek


Greek and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.18 %   
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   

History

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   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Kurdish and Greek Speaking population

Kurdish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Kurdish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Greek Language Codes

Kurdish and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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