Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Armenian Highland
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Greek
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Sipas
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Evare baş
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Bê zehmet
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Bibûre
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Not Applicable
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
kurde
arménien
German Name
Kurdisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Armenians
Origin
16th century CE
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Kurdish and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kurdish and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Armenian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Armenian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kurdish and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.