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Kurdish and Malaysian


Malaysian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Hai   

Thank You
Sipas   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Bê zehmet   
sila   

Sorry
Bibûre   
maaf   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
kurde   
malais   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
may   

ISO 639 3
kur   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Kurdish and Malaysian Speaking population

Kurdish and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Kurdish vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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