Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Not Available
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Silaw
Ässalamu läykum.
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Evare baş
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Not Available
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Bye
Be xêr çî
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Turpan
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Hotan
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
kurde
ouïgour
German Name
Kurdisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Origin
16th century CE
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
uigh1240
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Kurdish and Uyghur 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 Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Uyghur Speaking population
Kurdish and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Kurdish vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Uyghur Language Codes
Kurdish and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
