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Countries

Countries

Iraq, Kurdistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

26
0 46
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National Language

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Middle East
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

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Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

Interesting Facts

  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Farsi Language
German and English Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

86
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2921
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Silaw
Hallo

Thank You

Sipas
dankjewel

How Are You?

Tu çawa yî?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

Şev xweş
goede Nacht

Good Evening

Evare baş
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

Nee-wa-rowt bash
goedemiddag

Good Morning

Bayanit bash
goedemorgen

Please

Bê zehmet
alsjeblieft

Sorry

Bibûre
sorry

Bye

Be xêr çî
vaarwel

I Love You

Ez te hez dikem
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Bê zehmet
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Kurdish
Gronings

Where They Speak

northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Kurdish
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Kurdish
Limburgian

Where They Speak

Eastern Iraq
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

37
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.31 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million22.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

20.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Kurdî, کوردی‎
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

kurde
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Kurdisch
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Kurds
Dutch people

History

Origin

16th century CE
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Germanic

Branch

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Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Kurdish
Standard Dutch

Language Position

1448
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ku
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kur
nld

ISO 639 2/B

kur
dut

ISO 639 3

kur
nld

ISO 639 6

kur
nld

Glottocode

kurd1259
mode1257

Linguasphere

58-AAA-a
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Synthetic

Kurdish and Dutch Alphabets

Kurdish and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kurdish and Dutch. In Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Kurdish and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kurdish and Dutch languages. The Kurdish phonology consist Kurdish vowels and Kurdish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kurdish greetings vs Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kurdish and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kurdish and Dutch Speaking population

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

Kurdish and Dutch Language Codes

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