Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
su prabat
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
kripya
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
kurde
  
dogri
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Dogras
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1971
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Dogri 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 Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Dogri language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Dogri Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Dogri 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 Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.