Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
goeie more
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
jammer
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
kurde
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Kurdish and Afrikaans Speaking population
Kurdish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Kurdish and Afrikaans on Kurdish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Afrikaans Language Codes
Kurdish and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.