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Konkani and Kurdish


Kurdish and Konkani


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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
29  
19

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Silaw  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Sipas  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Chike  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Bibûre  

Bye
Adeus  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Not present  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
-  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
-  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
konkani  
kurde  

German Name
Konkani  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
kur  

ISO 639 3
kok  
kur  

ISO 639 6
kok  
kur  

Glottocode
goan1235  
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 Konkani 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 Konkani and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Kurdish Speaking population

Konkani and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Kurdish on Konkani vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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