Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
kurde
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
kaza1248
  
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
  
Agglutinative