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Kurdish
Kurdish

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Countries

Countries

Iraq, Kurdistan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Farsi Language
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

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

2920
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
bonjour

Thank You

Sipas
Merci

How Are You?

Tu çawa yî?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Şev xweş
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Evare baş
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Nee-wa-rowt bash
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Bayanit bash
Bonjour

Please

Bê zehmet
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Bibûre
désolé

Bye

Be xêr çî
au revoir

I Love You

Ez te hez dikem
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Bê zehmet
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Kurdish
Quebec French

Where They Speak

northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Kurdish
African French

Where They Speak

Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Africa

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Kurdish
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Eastern Iraq
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.31 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

20.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
français

Alternative Names

Kurdî, کوردی‎
Français

French Name

kurde
français

German Name

Kurdisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Kurds
French people

History

Origin

16th century CE
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Kurdish
Standard French

Language Position

1413
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kurdish Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ku
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kur
fra

ISO 639 2/B

kur
fre

ISO 639 3

kur
fra

ISO 639 6

kur
fras

Glottocode

kurd1259
stan1290

Linguasphere

58-AAA-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Kurdish and French Alphabets

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

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

Kurdish and French Speaking population

Kurdish and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and French languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Kurdish vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and French Language Codes

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