Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
hola
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
triste
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
kurde
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic