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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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