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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
2  
13
33  
2

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
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
6 weeks  
3

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
20,000,000.00  
29
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
400.00 million  
1

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
14  
13
3  
3

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  

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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.

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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.

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