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Kurdish and Uzbek


Uzbek and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Turkey, Uzbekistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Middle East   

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Salom   

Thank You
Sipas   
Rakhmat   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Qalay siz?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Hayirli tun   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Hayirli kech   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Hayirli kun   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Hayirli tong   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Iltimos   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Kechiring!   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Xayr   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Sizni sevaman   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Iltimos! Menga qarang   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Tashkent   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Afghan   

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   
Ferghana   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
26.00 million   
31

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
kurde   
ouszbek   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Usbekisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Uzbek   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
9th–12th centuries AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southestern(Chagatai)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Chagatay   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Uzbek   

Language Position
Not Available   
53   
38

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
uz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
uzb   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
uzb   

ISO 639 3
kur   
uzb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
uzbe1247   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kurdish and Uzbek Speaking population

Kurdish and Uzbek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Uzbek languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Uzbek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 %. 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 Uzbek on Kurdish vs Uzbek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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