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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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
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
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Gazakh   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Baku   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan   
Eastern Iraq   

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

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 %   
37
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
21.00 million   
36

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

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish   
Not Available   

French Name
azéri   
kurde   

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani   
Kurds   

History

Origin
16th Century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani   
Kurdish   

Language Position
38   
30
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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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