Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Farsi Language
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Derived From
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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
Thank You
Sipas
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Evare baş
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Bê zehmet
请 (Qǐng)
Bye
Be xêr çî
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Mandarin
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Wu
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Yue
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
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French Name
kurde
chinois
German Name
Kurdisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
16th century CE
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
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Early Forms
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No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Chinese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kurd1259
sini1245
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Kurdish and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Chinese Speaking population
Kurdish and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Kurdish vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Chinese Language Codes
Kurdish and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.