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Kurdish vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Silaw  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
God nat  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
God aften  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Please  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Bibûre  

Bye
Farvel  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
dansk  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Not Available  

French Name
danois  
kurde  

German Name
Dänisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Kurds  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Kurdish  

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
kur  

ISO 639 3
dan  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Danish and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Kurdish language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD 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 Danish and Kurdish Language History.

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

Danish vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Danish vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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