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Kurdish and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Middle East   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Silaw   

Thank You
Thank you   
Sipas   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Please   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Sorry   
Bibûre   

Bye
Bye   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
I love you   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
anglais   
kurde   

German Name
Englisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Kurds   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Kurdish   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
kur   

ISO 639 3
eng   
kur   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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English and Kurdish Speaking population

English and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of English and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Kurdish on English vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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