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Kurdish and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

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

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
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Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Latin  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Silaw  

Thank You
Merci  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Bayanit bash  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
désolé  
Bibûre  

Bye
au revoir  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
African French  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
français  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Français  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
français  
kurde  

German Name
Französisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Kurdish  

Language Position
13  
12
14  
13

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
kur  

ISO 639 3
fra  
kur  

ISO 639 6
fras  
kur  

Glottocode
stan1290  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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French and Kurdish Speaking population

French and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of French and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Kurdish on French vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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