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Ukrainian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ukraine   
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Silaw   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
будь ласк   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Bibûre   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

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

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Eastern Iraq   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
ukrainien   
kurde   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1561   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Kurdish   

Language Position
26   
22
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
kur   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
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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Ukrainian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Kurdish language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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