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Kurdish and Finnish


Finnish and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
13   
3

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Moi   

Thank You
Sipas   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Bê zehmet   
haluta   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Heippa   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Colloquial Finnish   

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Finland, Rauma   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Suomi   

French Name
kurde   
finnois   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1543   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
fin   

ISO 639 3
kur   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
finn1318   

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, Synthetic   

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

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Kurdish and Finnish Speaking population

Kurdish and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish on Kurdish vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Finnish Language Codes

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

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