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Hindi vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Middle East   

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

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Urdu   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
29   
19

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Silaw   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Bibûre   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Not Available   

French Name
hindi   
kurde   

German Name
Hindi   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Kurds   

History

Origin
7th Century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Kurdish   

Language Position
5   
5
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
kur   

ISO 639 3
hin   
kur   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Hindi and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Kurdish language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Kurdish Language History.

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

Hindi vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Hindi vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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