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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

Kurdish and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Kurdish vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Konkani Language Codes

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