Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
kurde
  
malgache
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Malagasy language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.