Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Turkish
Derived From
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Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
necəsən
Good Night
Şev xweş
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
Evare baş
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Sabahınız xeyir
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Derbent
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Russia
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Azerbaijan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Baku
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Azerbaijan
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
German Name
Kurdisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Azerbaijani
Origin
16th century CE
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
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Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
kurd1259
azer1255
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Kurdish and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Azerbaijani Speaking population
Kurdish and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. 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 Azerbaijani on Kurdish vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Azerbaijani Language Codes
Kurdish and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.