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
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
أحبك
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
اعذرني
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Sudan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Levantine
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Cyprus, Levant
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Not Available
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Kurdisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
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
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
arab1395
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
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.