Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Russia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Silaw
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Sipas
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Bayanit bash
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Bibûre
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Olonets
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Olonets
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Russki
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German Name
Russisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Origin
1000 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
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Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
kurd1259
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Kurdish language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Russian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.
