Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
New Zealand
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
New Zealand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Australia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Māori Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Tahitian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Mauruuru koutou
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
E pēhea ana koe ?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Night pai
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
pai ahiahi
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Afternoon pai
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Morning pai
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Tēnā
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Aroha mai
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
poroporoaki
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Aroha ahau ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
tukua ahau
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
South Island Māori
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Western North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Eastern North Island Maori
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
New Zealand
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
0.18 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
0.18 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
te Reo Māori
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Zealand Maori
  
French Name
kurde
  
maori
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Maori-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Māori people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1814
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Polynesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Maori
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
mi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
mri
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
mao
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mri
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
maor1246
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Maori Speaking population
Kurdish and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is Not Available. 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 Maori on Kurdish vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Maori Language Codes
Kurdish and Maori language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Maori Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.