Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Not Available
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
Thank you
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
How are you?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Good Night
Good Evening
Evare baş
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Good Morning
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
I love you
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
American English
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
United States of America
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
English
Alternative Names
Not Available
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French Name
kurde
anglais
German Name
Kurdisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Kurds
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Origin
16th century CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
kurd1259
stan1293
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Kurdish and English Speaking population
Kurdish and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and English languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Kurdish vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and English Language Codes
Kurdish and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.