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Kurdish and Uyghur


Uyghur and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
Sipas   
rakhmat   

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!   

Please
Bê zehmet   
birdam   

Sorry
Bibûre   
kachurung   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
China   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
China   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
China   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
8.20 million   
99+

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]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
11   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Uyghur   

Language Position
Not Available   
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
uig   

ISO 639 3
kur   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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