Kurdish and Cantonese
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Evare baş
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
下午好
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
早上好
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
我爱你
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
kurde
Not Available
German Name
Kurdisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kurds
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ku
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
kur
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
kur
Not Available
ISO 639 3
kur
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
cant1236
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
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All Kurdish and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Cantonese Speaking population
Kurdish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Kurdish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Cantonese Language Codes
Kurdish and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.