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Mongolian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
29  
19

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Silaw  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

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

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Eastern Iraq  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
mongol  
kurde  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Kurdish  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
kur  

ISO 639 3
mon  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Mongolian and Kurdish Speaking population

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

Mongolian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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