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Afrikaans and Kurdish


Kurdish and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Afrikaans and Kurdish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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