Cantonese and Kurdish
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Farsi Language
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Tu çawa yî?
Good Evening
晚上好
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
下午好
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
早上好
Bayanit bash
I Love You
我爱你
Ez te hez dikem
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Eastern Iraq
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
cantonais
kurde
German Name
Kantonesisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Kurds
Origin
17th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Kurdish Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
ku
ISO 639 3
No data available
kur
Glottocode
cant1236
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Kurdish Speaking population
Cantonese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Kurdish on Cantonese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Kurdish Language Codes
Cantonese and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.