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Kurdish
Kurdish

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Countries

Countries

Iraq, Kurdistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Middle East
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Farsi Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
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

47
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Silaw
Hello

Thank You

Sipas
Thank you

How Are You?

Tu çawa yî?
How are you?

Good Night

Şev xweş
Good Night

Good Evening

Evare baş
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Bayanit bash
Good Morning

Please

Bê zehmet
Please

Sorry

Bibûre
Sorry

Bye

Be xêr çî
Bye

I Love You

Ez te hez dikem
I love you

Excuse Me

Bê zehmet
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Kurdish
American English

Where They Speak

northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
United States of America

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Kurdish
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Kurdish
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Eastern Iraq
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.31 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

20.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
English

Alternative Names

Kurdî, کوردی‎
English

French Name

kurde
anglais

German Name

Kurdisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[kʊɾdɪʃ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Kurds
English people

History

Origin

16th century CE
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Kurdish
Standard English

Language Position

143
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kurdish Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ku
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kur
eng

ISO 639 2/B

kur
eng

ISO 639 3

kur
eng

ISO 639 6

kur
engs

Glottocode

kurd1259
stan1293

Linguasphere

58-AAA-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Kurdish and English Alphabets

Kurdish and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kurdish and English. In Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Kurdish and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kurdish and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kurdish and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kurdish and English Speaking population

Kurdish and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and English languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Kurdish vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and English Language Codes

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