Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Not Available
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Evare baş
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Bê zehmet
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Bibûre
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Kokan
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Khandesh
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
kurde
marathe
German Name
Kurdisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Marathi people
Origin
16th century CE
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Not Available
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Marathi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
mara1378
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Kurdish and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Marathi language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Marathi Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.