Countries
India, Nepal
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
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 in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.