Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
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
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
215.00 million
  
9
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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