Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Israel
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
kurde
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kurdish and Hebrew Speaking population
Kurdish and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew 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 Hebrew on Kurdish vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Hebrew Language Codes
Kurdish and Hebrew language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Hebrew Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.