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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Middle East

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Farsi Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2633
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2129
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Silaw

Thank You

Thank you
Sipas

How Are You?

How are you?
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

Good Night
Şev xweş

Good Evening

Good Evening
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

Good Morning
Bayanit bash

Please

Please
Bê zehmet

Sorry

Sorry
Bibûre

Bye

Bye
Be xêr çî

I Love You

I love you
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

United States of America
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1883
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

English
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

anglais
kurde

German Name

Englisch
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

English people
Kurds

History

Origin

5th Century AD
16th century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Standard English
Kurdish

Language Position

314
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
kur

ISO 639 2/B

eng
kur

ISO 639 3

eng
kur

ISO 639 6

engs
kur

Glottocode

stan1293
kurd1259

Linguasphere

52-ABA
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Kurdish Alphabets

English and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Kurdish. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn English and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Kurdish languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Kurdish Speaking population

English and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of English and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Kurdish on English vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Kurdish Language Codes

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