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Mongolian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
29  
19

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Silaw  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

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

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Eastern Iraq  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
mongol  
kurde  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Kurdish  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
kur  

ISO 639 3
mon  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Mongolian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Kurdish language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Mongolian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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