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Kurdish and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
0   
15

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
29   
19
34   
24

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
16,000.00   
99+

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
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.43 %   
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   

History

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   
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Kurdish and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Kurdish and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Kurdish vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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