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German vs Kurdish


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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