Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Mongolia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
China, Mongolia
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
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
Silaw
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Sipas
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Evare baş
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Bê zehmet
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Bibûre
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
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German Name
Kurdisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
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/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Kurds
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Origin
16th century CE
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
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Early Forms
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Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kurd1259
mong1331
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Kurdish and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Mongolian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.