Countries
Vietnam
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Vietnam
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
Bayanit bash
Please
xin vui lòng
Bê zehmet
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Not Available
French Name
vietnamien
kurde
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
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Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Kurds
Origin
c. 1440
16th century CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Not Available
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
kurd1259
Linguasphere
46-EBA
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Kurdish language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.