Kurdish and Afrikaans
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
South Africa
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Şev xweş
goeie nag
Good Evening
Evare baş
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
goeie more
Please
Bê zehmet
asseblief
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Namibia
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Cape Dutch
French Name
kurde
afrikaans
German Name
Kurdisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Afrikaners
Origin
16th century CE
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Kurdish and Afrikaans 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 Kurdish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Afrikaans Speaking population
Kurdish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Kurdish and Afrikaans on Kurdish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Afrikaans Language Codes
Kurdish and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.