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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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