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