Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
tschao
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
amharique
  
kurde
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Kurds
  
Origin
13th century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Kurdish language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Amharic vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.