Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
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Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
kurde
  
amharique
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Amharas
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kurdish and Amharic 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 Kurdish and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Amharic language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Amharic Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Amharic 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 Kurdish and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.