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Kurdish and Estonian


Estonian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Tere  

Thank You
Sipas  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Palun  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Vabandust  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Head aega  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
Not Available  

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eesti keel  

French Name
kurde  
estonien  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Estonians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Estonian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
est  

ISO 639 3
kur  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Kurdish and Estonian Speaking population

Kurdish and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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 Estonian on Kurdish vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Estonian Language Codes

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

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