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Kurdish vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Sipas   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Bibûre   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
bye   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Northeastern Kazakh   

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Kazakhstan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
kurde   
kazakh   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Kazakh   

Language Position
Not Available   
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
kur   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Kurdish and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Kazakh language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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