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Kurdish and Turkish


Turkish and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Sipas   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
günaydın   

Please
Bê zehmet   
lütfen   

Sorry
Bibûre   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
kurde   
turc   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Turkish   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
tur   

ISO 639 3
kur   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Kurdish and Turkish Speaking population

Kurdish and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Kurdish vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Turkish Language Codes

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

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