Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Middle East
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
dankjewel
Sipas
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Şev xweş
Good Evening
goedenavond
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Bayanit bash
Please
alsjeblieft
Bê zehmet
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
pardon
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Gronings
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Netherlands
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Not Available
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
kurde
German Name
Niederländisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Kurds
Origin
AD 450-500
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Not Available
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mode1257
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch 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 Dutch and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Kurdish language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Dutch vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.