Yesh ^^ Soon you'll give me scientific sources that prove the ancient Greeks and Egyptians were partly Turkish too. The Latin-Americans also have some Turkic blood, maybe you should annex their lands too. Aye ?
I am Kurd from Turkey and my kurdish is not that good and understand maybe 70%. So anway when a Persian speaks in Farsi I can understand 30-50% of the words they say. Only problem is some persians speak in a accent that is difficult to understand. But when ahmadinejad speaks it sounds like his speak Kurdish and I can understand a lot of words.
Just look at this chart of the Iranian langues, I read somewhere else that Farsi was over 50% similar to Kurdish. Going by the chart I think it is true.
Not similar? So why do I understand some of what a Persian says, even tho my Kurdish is not that great?, only big difference is the accent in which they pronounce some words differently.
Words that are similar, their are many more then I listed.
Not similar? So why do I understand some of what a Persian says, even tho my Kurdish is not that great?, only big difference is the accent in which they pronounce some words differently.
Words that are similar, their are many more then I listed.
Not similar? So why do I understand some of what a Persian says, even tho my Kurdish is not that great?, only big difference is the accent in which they pronounce some words differently.
Words that are similar, their are many more then I listed.
F...k off! Kurdî not similar with Persian! You are not kurd!
Wow, pretty agressive reaction right here to a simple post....
No one is saying that Kurds are Persian and that Kurds shouldnt have a nation...calm down. The user simply pointed out linguistic similarities, WHICH DO EXIST, because as stated, we fall under the same language tree of Iranian languages.
however, can a regular Kurdish speaker understand a Persian speaker and vise versa? probably not because of accent differences and because most of the words are different. Maybe if they talked really slowly they could understand a few words here and there, which is what the user said.
As you can see from the list i posted above, there are many similarities between Kurdish and Persian, just differences in pronunciation.
Bra, this is a matter of where you grew up. Of course if you grow up in East-Kurdistan, you will understand and probably speak Farsi fluently yourself. But if you speak Farsi to Kurds from the other regions (not on the border), they will not understand anything at all. Yes, they will pick up "bra", "nan" etc. but understand ? Come on... let alone they being 50% alike.
That's like saying people from Germany should be able to understand English, because 50% of the words probably are the same.
Not similar? So why do I understand
some of what a Persian says, even tho my Kurdish is not that great?,
only big difference is the accent in which they pronounce some words
differently.
Words that are similar, their are many more then I listed.
No I do not understand that, I also do not understand when Kurds speak in Sorani as well. My point is Farsi is similar to Kurdish, the main differenec is they prounounce some words differently and have a different accent. Some Iranians when they speak Farsi I understand something at times, but only if the accent is similar to Kurdish. Other Persians I barely understand as the accent is different.
My next question is why do Some people in Iran speak Farsi in different accents? who are the ones that speak it in a way that Kurds can maybe pick up a few things their and then and the ones who speak in a way that I can barely understand a word?
Well, in general i think Azadi is correct. Although there are similarities, I do not think that a Persian speaker can understand a Kurdish speaker and vise versa.
However, there are different Persian accents the same way there are different English accents. In the United States alone there are 4 different English accents, Australian/American/Canadian/British/South African, etc... English all are spoken in different accents.
Well, in general i think Azadi is correct.
Although there are similarities, I do not think that a Persian speaker
can understand a Kurdish speaker and vise versa.
However, there
are different Persian accents the same way there are different English
accents. In the United States alone there are 4 different English
accents, Australian/American/Canadian/British/South African, etc...
English all are spoken in different accents.
it has to do with geography.
Only about 50% of the words are similar and of that 50% is prounouced differently so it would be difficult to understand eachother. For example when Ahmadinejad had a interview on TV and was speaking in Farsi, my parents told me they could understand a lot of words and some sentences but it was difficult to make out what he was saying most of the time.
Brother, Kurd or not, please do not give these fellow forumers false information. The reason I visit this website is because it's based on facts and scientific research.
Like I stated above it's a matter of where you grow up, geography - thanks TheGreatSimba.
What makes it even more difficult to understand Farsi (for our brothers in North, West and South) is our situation within our respective regions; Kurds now have VARIOUS words which mean the same, these words do not even look the same at all. Just take the English word "Live"; Zindi, Taze, Canli, Nwe +.
So, the next time please come with facts, proof, and not something you heard from your parents - which, I would like to add, didn't "make out what he was saying most of the time". People quickly believe something they read on forums, keko ;)
Of course words similar. But Kurmanjis not understand Persian.He says " I am Turkey Kurd ( Kurmanci ) and i understand Persian." I reject. Maybe Iranian Kurds understand. But we not understand!
If you guys do not want to believe me then that is up to you, anyway here are more similarties that I found. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazaki_language
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