Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
India
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
kurde
  
oriya
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Odias
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Oriya language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Oriya Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.