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Welsh vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
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  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Silaw  

Thank You
Diolch  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Bayanit bash  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Bibûre  

Bye
Hwyl  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

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

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Eastern Iraq  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Not Available  

French Name
gallois  
kurde  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Brythonic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Kurdish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
kur  

ISO 639 3
cym  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Welsh and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Kurdish language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Welsh and Kurdish Language History.

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

Welsh vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Welsh vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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