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Indonesian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Silaw  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Bayanit bash  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
maaf  
Bibûre  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
indonésien  
kurde  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
7th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
56  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
kur  

ISO 639 3
ind  
kur  

ISO 639 6
ind  
kur  

Glottocode
indo1316  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Kurdish Speaking population

Indonesian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Kurdish on Indonesian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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