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Korean vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
North Korea, South Korea  

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  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
21  
18

How Many Consonants
29  
19
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Sipas  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
China, North Korea  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
kurde  
coréen  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Koreans  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
kor  

ISO 639 3
kur  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
45-AAA  

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 Korean Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Korean language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Korean Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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