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Kurdish and Bengali


Bengali and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
29   
19
40   
29

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Sipas   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
Bibûre   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
kurde   
bengali   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
ben   

ISO 639 3
kur   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kurdish and Bengali Speaking population

Kurdish and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Kurdish vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Bengali Language Codes

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

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