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Japanese and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Sipas  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Sanuki  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Fukuoka  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
kurde  
japonais  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
kur  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Kurdish and Japanese Speaking population

Kurdish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Kurdish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Japanese Language Codes

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

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