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Kurdish and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Sipas   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Bibûre   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Rivne, Volyn   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
kurde   
ukrainien   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
kur   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kurdish and Ukrainian Speaking population

Kurdish and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Kurdish vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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