Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Burma
  
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
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
8.80 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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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.