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Kurdish and Yoruba


Yoruba and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
29   
19
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Sipas   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
e kaaro   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Jowo   

Sorry
Bibûre   
binu   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
bye   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Itsekiri   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
kurde   
yoruba   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
yor   

ISO 639 3
kur   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

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

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Kurdish and Yoruba Speaking population

Kurdish and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Kurdish vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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