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Persian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Silaw  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Sipas  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Bayanit bash  

Please
لطفا  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
متاسف  
Bibûre  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
فارسی  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
kurde  

German Name
Persisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
kur  

ISO 639 3
pes  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Kurdish language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Persian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Persian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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