Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
binu
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
kurde
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Kurdish and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Yoruba language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.