Kurdish and Japanese
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Japan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Not Available
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Korean Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Silaw
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Sipas
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Evare baş
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Bê zehmet
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Bibûre
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Be xêr çî
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Sanuki
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Hakata
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Kansai
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
日本語
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
kurde
japonais
German Name
Kurdisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
16th century CE
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Not Available
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
nucl1643
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Kurdish and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Japanese Speaking population
Kurdish and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Kurdish vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Japanese Language Codes
Kurdish and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.