Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
26.00 million
  
39
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.