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French and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
bonjour   

Thank You
Sipas   
Merci   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Bonjour   

Please
Bê zehmet   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Bibûre   
désolé   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
au revoir   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
African French   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
français   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Français   

French Name
kurde   
français   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
fre   

ISO 639 3
kur   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Kurdish and French Speaking population

Kurdish and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and French languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Kurdish vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and French Language Codes

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

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