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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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