Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Prosím
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Not Available
  
French Name
slovaque
  
kurde
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Kurds
  
Origin
6th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Kurdish language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Slovak vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.