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Kurdish vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

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

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
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
24 weeks   
6
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Silaw   

Thank You
Gracias   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Por Favor   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
triste   
Bibûre   

Bye
adiós   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Northern Kurdish   

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

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Not Available   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
kurde   

German Name
Spanisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kurds   

History

Origin
210 BC   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Kurdish   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
kur   

ISO 639 3
spa   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Kurdish language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Kurdish Language History.

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

Spanish vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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