Countries
South Africa
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
asseblief
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Not Available
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
kurde
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Kurds
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Kurdish Speaking population
Afrikaans and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Kurdish on Afrikaans vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Kurdish Language Codes
Afrikaans and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.