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Kurdish and Punjabi


Punjabi and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
41   
30

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Sipas   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Bibûre   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Pothohari   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
kurde   
pendjabi   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
pan   

ISO 639 3
kur   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Kurdish and Punjabi Speaking population

Kurdish and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Kurdish vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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