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Arabic vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Sipas  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
صباح الخير  

Please
Bê zehmet  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Bibûre  
آسف  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
وداعا  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
kurde  
arabe  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Arabs  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
ara  

ISO 639 3
kur  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kurdish and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Arabic language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 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 Kurdish and Arabic Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Arabic Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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