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Polish vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
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
cześć   
Silaw   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Bayanit bash   

Please
proszę   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Bibûre   

Bye
do widzenia   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Northern Kurdish   

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

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Polski   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Not Available   

French Name
polonais   
kurde   

German Name
Polnisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1270   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Kurdish   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
kur   

ISO 639 3
pol   
kur   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Polish and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Kurdish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Kurdish Language History.

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

Polish vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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