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Kurdish and Konkani


Konkani and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
India   

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   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
29   
19
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Sipas   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Chike   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Maf kor   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Adeus   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
kurde   
konkani   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
kok   

ISO 639 3
kur   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
goan1235   

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   

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

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Kurdish and Konkani Speaking population

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Kurdish and Konkani Language Codes

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