Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-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
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
kurde
  
madourais
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Madurese
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Madurese 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 Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Madurese language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Madurese Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.