Kurdish and Finnish
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
European Union, Finland
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
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Institute for the Languages of Finland
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Şev xweş
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Evare baş
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Finland
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Rauma
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Suomi
French Name
kurde
finnois
German Name
Kurdisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Kurds
ethnic Finns
Origin
16th century CE
1543
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Kurdish
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
finn1318
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Kurdish and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Finnish Speaking population
Kurdish and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Kurdish vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Finnish Language Codes
Kurdish and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.