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Russian vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Sipas  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Olonets  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Novgorod  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Russki  

French Name
kurde  
russe  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Russians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
rus  

ISO 639 3
kur  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kurdish and Russian Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Russian language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Russian Difficulty

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

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