Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Germany
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Şev xweş
Good Evening
guten Abend
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Bayanit bash
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Switzerland
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Germany
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Texas German
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Texas
Eastern Iraq
Native Name
Deutsch
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
allemand
kurde
German Name
Deutsch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Origin
6th Century AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Signed German
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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German 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 German and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Kurdish language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common German Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Kurdish Difficulty
The German vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.