Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Not Available
  
French Name
italien
  
kurde
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Kurds
  
Origin
960 BC
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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
  
Italian 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 Italian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Kurdish language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Italian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.