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Kurdish vs Oriya


Oriya vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
29  
19
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
0.50 %  
29

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  

History

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  
32  
26

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Kurdish and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Oriya language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kurdish and Oriya Language History.

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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.

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