Home
Languagevs


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  

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

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.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn