Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3323
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2919
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
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Ola
Thank You
Sipas
Grazas
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Boas noites
Good Evening
Evare baş
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Bos días
Please
Bê zehmet
Por favor
Sorry
Bibûre
Síntoo!
Bye
Be xêr çî
Adeus
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ámote
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Galego
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Galego, Gallego
French Name
kurde
galicien
German Name
Kurdisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Galician people
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Galician
Language Position
1446
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
glg
ISO 639 2/B
kur
glg
ISO 639 3
kur
glg
ISO 639 6
kur
glg
Glottocode
kurd1259
gali1258
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-