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Kurdish and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Sipas   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Bê zehmet   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

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

French Name
kurde   
vietnamien   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
vie   

ISO 639 3
kur   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Kurdish and Vietnamese Speaking population

Kurdish and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Kurdish vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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