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Kurdish and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
2   
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Silaw   

Thank You
شكرا   
Sipas   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Bayanit bash   

Please
من فضلك   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
آسف   
Bibûre   

Bye
وداعا   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Not Available   

French Name
arabe   
kurde   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Kurds   

History

Origin
512 CE   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Kurdish   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
kur   

ISO 639 3
ara   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Kurdish Speaking population

Arabic and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Kurdish on Arabic vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Kurdish Language Codes

Arabic and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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