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Kurdish and Welsh


Welsh and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Helô   

Thank You
Sipas   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Bore da   

Please
Bê zehmet   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Patagonian Welsh   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Gwynedd   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Powys   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cymraeg   

French Name
kurde   
gallois   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Welsh   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
wel   

ISO 639 3
kur   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Kurdish and Welsh Speaking population

Kurdish and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available. 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 Welsh on Kurdish vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Welsh Language Codes

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

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