Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
kurde
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Irish people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Kurdish and Irish Speaking population
Kurdish and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish 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 Irish on Kurdish vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Irish Language Codes
Kurdish and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.