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Spanish vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
hola  

Thank You
Sipas  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Buenos Días  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Bibûre  
triste  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
adiós  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Español  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
kurde  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
spa  

ISO 639 3
kur  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Kurdish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Spanish language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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Kurdish and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Spanish language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Spanish Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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