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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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