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Kurdish vs Spanish


Spanish vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
hola   

Thank You
Sipas   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Buenos Días   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Bibûre   
triste   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
adiós   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Mexican Spanish   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Español   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
kurde   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
spa   

ISO 639 3
kur   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Kurdish and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Spanish language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Spanish Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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