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Kurdish and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
29   
19

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Silaw   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Bibûre   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Wu   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Yue   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
chinois   
kurde   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Kurdish   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
kur   

ISO 639 3
zho   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Chinese and Kurdish Speaking population

Chinese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Kurdish on Chinese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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