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French vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
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
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Silaw   

Thank You
Merci   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Bayanit bash   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
désolé   
Bibûre   

Bye
au revoir   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
African French   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Français   
Not Available   

French Name
français   
kurde   

German Name
Französisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kurds   

History

Origin
9th Century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Kurdish   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
kur   

ISO 639 3
fra   
kur   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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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French and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of French vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of French and Kurdish language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Kurdish Language History.

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

French vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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