Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
kurde
  
slovène
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kurdish and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Slovene language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Slovene Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.