Countries
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
46
1
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Not Available
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Farsi Language
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
33
15
27
9
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
5
5
2
How Many Consonants
29
19
22
12
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4
3
6
5
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks
2
24 weeks
6
Greetings
Hello
Silaw
hola
Thank You
Sipas
Gracias
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Evare baş
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Buenos Días
Please
Bê zehmet
Por Favor
Sorry
Bibûre
triste
Bye
Be xêr çî
adiós
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Discúlpeme
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Mexico
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
10
105,000,000.00
5
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Cuba
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
14
11,000,000.00
8
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
12
3,900,000.00
9
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
21
19
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
38
489.00 million
3
Speaking Population
0.31 %
39
6.15 %
3
Native Speakers
21.00 million
36
410.00 million
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
89.50 million
9
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Español
Alternative Names
Not Available
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
kurde
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Kurdisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Not Available
History
Origin
16th century CE
210 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
2
2
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ku
es
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
spa
ISO 639 2/B
kur
spa
ISO 639 3
kur
spa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
stan1288
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
51-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
