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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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