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Kurdish and Navajo


Navajo and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
North America  

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.
  
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Apache Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
34  
24

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
Sipas  
Ahéhee'  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
Bê zehmet  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Not available  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Navajo1  

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Utah  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
Not Available  

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
1.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Navaho  

French Name
kurde  
navaho  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Navajo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Athapascan  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Navajo  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
nv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
nav  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
nav  

ISO 639 3
kur  
nav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  

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All Kurdish and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Navajo Speaking population

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

Kurdish and Navajo Language Codes

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

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