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Kurdish and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
30  
20

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Sipas  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Not Available  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Not Available  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Laya  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Bhutan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
Not Available  

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
kurde  
dzongkha  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
kur  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data Available  

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

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Kurdish and Dzongkha Speaking population

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Kurdish and Dzongkha Language Codes

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