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Kurdish and Mongolian


Mongolian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
13  
10

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Sipas  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Khalkha Mongolian  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
Not Available  

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
kurde  
mongol  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
mon  

ISO 639 3
kur  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
part of 44-BAA-b  

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

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Kurdish and Mongolian Speaking population

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

Kurdish and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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