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Konkani and Kurdish


Kurdish and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
29   
19

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Silaw   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
Sipas   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Chike   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Bibûre   

Bye
Adeus   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Northern Kurdish   

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

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

Dialect 2
Not present   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Eastern Iraq   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Not Available   

French Name
konkani   
kurde   

German Name
Konkani   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
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
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
kur   

ISO 639 3
kok   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Konkani and Kurdish Speaking population

Konkani and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Kurdish on Konkani vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Kurdish Language Codes

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