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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
-  
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
-  
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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
36 weeks  
13

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  
29
38,000,000.00  
19

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  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

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 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
kurde  
indonésien  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Indonesian  

Language Position
14  
13
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
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
kur  
ind  

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
-  
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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