Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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
Alphabets in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
pardon
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Gronings
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Belgium, Netherlands
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
Origin
16th century CE
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
mode1257
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
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.