Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
kurde
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
kurd1259
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kurdish and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Hausa language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Hausa Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.