Kurdish and Basque
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
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
Not Available
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
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Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
France
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Souletin
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
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Alternative Names
Not Available
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
German Name
Kurdisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kurds
Basque people
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Basque
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kurd1259
basq1248
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
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.
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 Not Available. 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.