Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Sipas
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Evare baş
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Bê zehmet
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Bibûre
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Be xêr çî
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Greece
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Griko
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Italy
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
kurde
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Kurdisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16th century CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
kurd1259
gree1276
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Kurdish and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Greek language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Greek Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.