Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
China, Taiwan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
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Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Sipas
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bayanit bash
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Bê zehmet
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Wu
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
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French Name
chinois
kurde
German Name
Chinesisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
1250 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Kurdish
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
kurd1259
Linguasphere
79-AAA
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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Chinese 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 Chinese and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Kurdish language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Chinese vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.