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Croatian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Silaw  

Thank You
hvala  
Sipas  

How Are You?
kako si  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Bayanit bash  

Please
molim  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Bibûre  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
hrvatski  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
croate  
kurde  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
kur  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
kur  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
kur  

Glottocode
croa1245  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Croatian and Kurdish Speaking population

Croatian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Kurdish on Croatian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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