Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
kurde
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Kurdish and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Slovak language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Slovak Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.