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Kurdish vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
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Farsi Language  

Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Silaw  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Bibûre  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Wu  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Yue  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
chinois  
kurde  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Kurdish  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
kur  

ISO 639 3
zho  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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Chinese and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Kurdish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Kurdish Language History.

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

Chinese vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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