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Nepali vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
29   
19

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Silaw   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
कृपया   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Bibûre   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Northern Kurdish   

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

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Not Available   

French Name
népalais   
kurde   

German Name
Nepali   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Kurds   

History

Origin
19 BC   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Kurdish   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
kur   

ISO 639 3
npi   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
12   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Nepali and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Kurdish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Kurdish Language History.

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

Nepali vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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