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Dutch vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

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)  
-  

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
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-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Silaw  

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  

Sorry
sorry  
Bibûre  

Bye
vaarwel  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Nederlands  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
kurde  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Kurdish  

Language Position
48  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
kur  

ISO 639 3
nld  
kur  

ISO 639 6
nld  
kur  

Glottocode
mode1257  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Kurdish language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Kurdish Language History.

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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.

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