Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
kurde
  
hindi
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Standard Hindi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kurdish and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Hindi language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Hindi Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.