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Kurdish and Indonesian


Indonesian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Halo  

Thank You
Sipas  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Bê zehmet  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Bibûre  
maaf  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
kurde  
indonésien  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Indonesian  

Language Position
14  
13
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
ind  

ISO 639 3
kur  
ind  

ISO 639 6
kur  
ind  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Kurdish and Indonesian Speaking population

Kurdish and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Kurdish vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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