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Malaysian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Silaw   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Bayanit bash   

Please
sila   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
maaf   
Bibûre   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Musi   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
malais   
kurde   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kurds   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Kurdish   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
kur   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Malaysian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Kurdish language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Malaysian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Malaysian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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