Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
154.30 million
  
12
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
  
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
  
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