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Kurdish vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

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

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Silaw  

Thank You
Danke  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Bayanit bash  

Please
bitte  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Bibûre  

Bye
Tschüs  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Not Available  

French Name
allemand  
kurde  

German Name
Deutsch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Kurds  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Kurdish  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
kur  

ISO 639 3
deu  
kur  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of German vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of German and Kurdish language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 German and Kurdish Language History.

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

German vs Kurdish Difficulty

The German vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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