Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Karnataka, India
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Not Available
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Telugu
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Evare baş
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Bê zehmet
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Bibûre
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Badaga
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Urali
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
kerala
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
kurde
kannada
German Name
Kurdisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Kannadiga
Origin
16th century CE
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Kannada
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
nucl1305
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Kurdish and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Kannada language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Kannada Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.