Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Silaw
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Sipas
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Evare baş
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Bê zehmet
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Bibûre
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Be xêr çî
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Jeju
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
South Korea
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
South Korea
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
German Name
Kurdisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
kore1280
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Kurdish and Korean 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 Korean dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Korean Speaking population
Kurdish and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Kurdish vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Korean Language Codes
Kurdish and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.