Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ourdou
  
kurde
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kurds
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu and Kurdish Speaking population
Urdu and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Kurdish on Urdu vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Kurdish Language Codes
Urdu and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.