Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Germany
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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 English Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Şev xweş
Good Evening
guten Abend
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Bayanit bash
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Switzerland
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Germany
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Texas German
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Texas
Eastern Iraq
Native Name
Deutsch
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
allemand
kurde
German Name
Deutsch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Origin
6th Century AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Signed German
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All German 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 German and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of German and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Kurdish Speaking population
German and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Kurdish on German vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Kurdish Language Codes
German and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.