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Norwegian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Silaw   

Thank You
takk   
Sipas   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
god natt   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Vær så snill   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Bibûre   

Bye
ha det   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Eastern Iraq   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Norsk   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Not Available   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
kurde   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
kur   

ISO 639 3
nor   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Norwegian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Kurdish language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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