Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
kurde
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Kashmiri Speaking population
Kurdish and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri on Kurdish vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Kashmiri Language Codes
Kurdish and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.