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Kurdish and Cebuano


Cebuano and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
-  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Hoy  

Thank You
Sipas  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Palihug  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Babay  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Boholano  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
kurde  
cebuano  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
14  
13
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
kur  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
kur  
ceb  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kurdish and Cebuano Speaking population

Kurdish and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Kurdish vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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