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Basque and Kurdish


Kurdish and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
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, Europe  
Middle East  

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Silaw  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Mesedez  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Bibûre  

Bye
Agur  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Euskara  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
basque  
kurde  

German Name
Baskisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Kurdish  

Language Position
30  
28
14  
13

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
kur  

ISO 639 3
eus  
kur  

ISO 639 6
eus  
kur  

Glottocode
basq1248  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Basque and Kurdish Speaking population

Basque and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % 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 Basque and Kurdish on Basque vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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