Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
kurde
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Catalan language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Catalan Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.