Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Middle East
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Sipas
How Are You?
How are you?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Good Night
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Good Evening
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
I Love You
I love you
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
American English
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
United States of America
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
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French Name
anglais
kurde
German Name
Englisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
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Kurds
Origin
5th Century AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
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Standard Forms
Standard English
Kurdish
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-ABA
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Kurdish language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common English Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Kurdish Difficulty
The English vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.
