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Kurdish and Javanese


Javanese 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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Halo   

Thank You
Sipas   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Not Available   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Pekalongan   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Indonesia   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Indonesia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
kurde   
javanais   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
450 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Javanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
jav   

ISO 639 3
kur   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
java1253   

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

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Kurdish and Javanese Speaking population

Kurdish and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Kurdish vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Javanese Language Codes

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

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