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Kurdish and Kirundi


Kirundi and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Burundi, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa, 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.
  
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
Sipas   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Not available   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
kurde   
rundi   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Kirundi   

Language Position
Not Available   
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
run   

ISO 639 3
kur   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kurdish and Kirundi Speaking population

Kurdish and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Kurdish vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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