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Kurdish and Macedonian


Macedonian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Sipas  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Macedonia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
Not Available  

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
kurde  
macédonien  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Macedonian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
mac  

ISO 639 3
kur  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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

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Kurdish and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Kurdish and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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