Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
kurde
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Irish people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kurdish and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Irish language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Irish Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.