Kurdish and Igbo
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Nigeria
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Farsi Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Şev xweş
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Evare baş
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
ụtụtụ ọma
Bye
Be xêr çî
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I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Enuani
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Not present
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
igbo
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ibo
German Name
Kurdisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Igbo people
Origin
16th century CE
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Kwa
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Igbo
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
nucl1417
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Kurdish and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Igbo Speaking population
Kurdish and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo 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 Igbo on Kurdish vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Igbo Language Codes
Kurdish and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.