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Kurdish and Croatian


Croatian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
bok  

Thank You
Sipas  
hvala  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
kako si  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
dobro jutro  

Please
Bê zehmet  
molim  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Oprostite  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Chakavian  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Hrvatski  

French Name
kurde  
croate  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Croats  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
9th 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  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
kur  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
kur  
hrv  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kurdish and Croatian Speaking population

Kurdish and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Kurdish vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Croatian Language Codes

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

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