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Gujarati and Kurdish


Kurdish and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
29  
19

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
18 weeks  
4
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Silaw  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Bibûre  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
-  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
goudjrati  
kurde  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Kurds  

History

Origin
15  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
kur  

ISO 639 3
guj  
kur  

ISO 639 6
guj  
kur  

Glottocode
guja1252  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Kurdish Speaking population

Gujarati and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Kurdish on Gujarati vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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