Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Hindi
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
Hello
Silaw
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Sipas
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Evare baş
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Bibûre
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Be xêr çî
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Doteli
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Nepal
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
kurde
népalais
German Name
Kurdisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kurds
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
16th century CE
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Not Available
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Kurdish and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Nepali language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Nepali Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.