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Kurdish and Javanese


Javanese 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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Halo  

Thank You
Sipas  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Bê zehmet  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Pekalongan  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
kurde  
javanais  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Javanese  

Language Position
14  
13
11  
10

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
jav  

ISO 639 3
kur  
jav  

ISO 639 6
kur  
jav  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
java1253  

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

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Kurdish and Javanese Speaking population

Kurdish and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Kurdish vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Javanese Language Codes

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

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