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Kurdish and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
India  

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
29  
19
34  
24

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
Sipas  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
380,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
India  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.43 %  
33

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
kurde  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Bhojpuri speakers  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
14  
13
37  
34

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Bhojpuri Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
bho  

ISO 639 3
kur  
bho  

ISO 639 6
kur  
bho  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kurdish and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Kurdish and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Kurdish vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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