1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
Farsi Language
Farsi Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Northern Kurdish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Central Kurdish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Southern Kurdish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Eastern Iraq
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
28.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
21.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th century CE
16th century CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available