Countries
India, Nepal
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Nepal
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Hindi
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Silaw
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Sipas
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Bayanit bash
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bibûre
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Doteli
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Nepal
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Nepal
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Not Available
French Name
népalais
kurde
German Name
Nepali
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Kurds
Origin
19 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Not Available
Standard Forms
Nepali
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
kurd1259
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Kurdish Speaking population
Nepali and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Kurdish on Nepali vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Kurdish Language Codes
Nepali and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.