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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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