Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2929
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Sipas
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Şev xweş
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Evare baş
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
mirëdita
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
mirëmengjes
Please
Bê zehmet
Ju lutem
Sorry
Bibûre
Me fal
Bye
Be xêr çî
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Më falni
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.31 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Shqip
French Name
kurde
albanais
German Name
Kurdisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Albanians
Origin
16th century CE
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Albanian
Language Position
1414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
kur
alb
ISO 639 3
kur
sqi
ISO 639 6
kur
sqi
Glottocode
kurd1259
alba1267
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic