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Kurdish vs Dutch


Dutch vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Hallo  

Thank You
Sipas  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
goedemorgen  

Please
Bê zehmet  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Bibûre  
sorry  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
kurde  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
Not Available  
48  
35

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
dut  

ISO 639 3
kur  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Kurdish and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Dutch language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Dutch Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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