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Kurdish vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
Sipas  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
Bê zehmet  
birdam  

Sorry
Bibûre  
kachurung  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
China  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
China  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
China  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
10.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
8.20 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
kurde  
ouïgour  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
11  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Uyghur  

Language Position
Not Available  
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
uig  

ISO 639 3
kur  
uig  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kurdish and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Uyghur language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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