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Kurdish and Arabic


Arabic and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
23   
4

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Sipas   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
صباح الخير   

Please
Bê zehmet   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Bibûre   
آسف   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
وداعا   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
kurde   
arabe   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Arabs   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
ara   

ISO 639 3
kur   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kurdish and Arabic Speaking population

Kurdish and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Kurdish vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Arabic Language Codes

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

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