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