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Kurdish and Hebrew


Hebrew and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
0   

How Many Consonants
29   
19
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
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   

History

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   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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