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Bengali and Kurdish


Kurdish and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
29  
19

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Silaw  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Bibûre  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
Not Available  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Not Available  

French Name
bengali  
kurde  

German Name
Bengali  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Kurdish  

Language Position
4  
4
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
kur  

ISO 639 3
ben  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Bengali and Kurdish Speaking population

Bengali and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Kurdish on Bengali vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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