Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
71.00 million
  
25
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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