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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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