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Finnish and Kurdish


Kurdish and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Silaw   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Bayanit bash   

Please
haluta   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Bibûre   

Bye
Heippa   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Finland   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

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

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Not Available   

French Name
finnois   
kurde   

German Name
Finnisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1543   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
kur   

ISO 639 3
fin   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Kurdish Speaking population

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

Finnish and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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