Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Şev xweş
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Evare baş
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Bonjour
Please
Bê zehmet
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Quebec French
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
African French
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Northeast France, Switzerland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
français
Alternative Names
Not Available
Français
French Name
kurde
français
German Name
Kurdisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
kurd1259
stan1290
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Kurdish and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and French language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs French Difficulty
The Kurdish vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.
