Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
kurde
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Meithei Speaking population
Kurdish and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei 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 Meithei on Kurdish vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Meithei Language Codes
Kurdish and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.