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Kurdish and Basque


Basque and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Sipas  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Egun on  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Barkatu  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Agur  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
kurde  
basque  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Basque people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Basque  

Language Position
14  
13
30  
28

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
baq  

ISO 639 3
kur  
eus  

ISO 639 6
kur  
eus  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Kurdish and Basque Speaking population

Kurdish and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Kurdish vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Basque Language Codes

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

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