Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
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
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
kurde
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available