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Azerbaijani and Kurdish


Kurdish and Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
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
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Silaw  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Sipas  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Bayanit bash  

Please
lütfən  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
üzr  
Bibûre  

Bye
xudafiz  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
azéri  
kurde  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Kurds  

History

Origin
16th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Kurdish  

Language Position
38  
35
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
kur  

ISO 639 3
aze  
kur  

ISO 639 6
aze  
kur  

Glottocode
azer1255  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Azerbaijani and Kurdish Speaking population

Azerbaijani and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Azerbaijani and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Azerbaijani and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 % 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 Azerbaijani and Kurdish on Azerbaijani vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Azerbaijani and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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