Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
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
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
kurde
  
konkani
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Konkani language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Konkani Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.