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Javanese and Kurdish


Kurdish and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Silaw  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Sipas  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Bayanit bash  

Please
matur nuwun  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Bibûre  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
javanais  
kurde  

German Name
Javanisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Kurds  

History

Origin
450 AD  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Kurdish  

Language Position
11  
10
14  
13

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
kur  

ISO 639 3
jav  
kur  

ISO 639 6
jav  
kur  

Glottocode
java1253  
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Kurdish Speaking population

Javanese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Kurdish on Javanese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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