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Arabic vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
2   
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
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, Asia   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Silaw   

Thank You
شكرا   
Sipas   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Bayanit bash   

Please
من فضلك   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
آسف   
Bibûre   

Bye
وداعا   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

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

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Not Available   

French Name
arabe   
kurde   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Kurds   

History

Origin
512 CE   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Kurdish   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
kur   

ISO 639 3
ara   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
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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Arabic and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Kurdish language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Kurdish Language History.

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

Arabic vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Arabic vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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