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Kazakh and Kurdish


Kurdish and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Bibûre  

Bye
bye  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
kazakh  
kurde  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Kurds  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Kurdish  

Language Position
93  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
kur  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
kur  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
kur  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Kazakh and Kurdish Speaking population

Kazakh and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Kurdish on Kazakh vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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