Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
India
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
kurde
  
santal
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
sant1410
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Santali Speaking population
Kurdish and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Kurdish vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Santali Language Codes
Kurdish and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.