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Kurdish vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Halo   

Thank You
Sipas   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Bê zehmet   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Bibûre   
maaf   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Sundanese   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
kurde   
indonésien   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
ind   

ISO 639 3
kur   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Kurdish and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Indonesian language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Kurdish and Indonesian Language History.

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Kurdish and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Indonesian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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