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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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