Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
kurde
  
kannada
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available