Countries
United States of America
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Not Available
  
French Name
navaho
  
kurde
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Navajo 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 Navajo and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Kurdish language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Navajo vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo 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 Navajo and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.