Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
gafare
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kurde
  
moré
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Mossi
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Mossi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
moss1236
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Mossi Speaking population
Kurdish and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 %. 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 Mossi on Kurdish vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Mossi Language Codes
Kurdish and Mossi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Mossi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.