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Kurdish and Marathi


Marathi and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.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  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
Sipas  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
kurde  
marathe  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
10th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Marathi  

Language Position
Not Available  
17  
15

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
mar  

ISO 639 3
kur  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
omr  

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

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Kurdish and Marathi Speaking population

Kurdish and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Kurdish vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Marathi Language Codes

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

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