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Kurdish vs Azerbaijani


Azerbaijani vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

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

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Azerbaijan 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.
  
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Turkish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Salam  

Thank You
Sipas  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
necəsən  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
Bê zehmet  
lütfən  

Sorry
Bibûre  
üzr  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
xudafiz  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Russia  

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Azerbaijan  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Azerbaijan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
0.34 %  
37

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
23.00 million  
34

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
kurde  
azéri  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
Not Available  
38  
30

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
aze  

ISO 639 3
kur  
aze  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Kurdish and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Azerbaijani language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kurdish and Azerbaijani Language History.

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Kurdish and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Azerbaijani language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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