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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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