Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Silaw
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
kurde
  
maithili
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Maithil
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
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
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
mait1250
  
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 Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Maithili language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Maithili Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.