Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
maaf
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
kurde
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Indonesian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kurdish and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Indonesian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.