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Kurdish and Indonesian


Indonesian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Halo   

Thank You
Sipas   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Bê zehmet   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Bibûre   
maaf   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Sundanese   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
kurde   
indonésien   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
ind   

ISO 639 3
kur   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
indo1316   

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

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Kurdish and Indonesian Speaking population

Kurdish and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Kurdish vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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