Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3349
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
814
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2935
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Sipas
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Evare baş
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Bê zehmet
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Bibûre
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Be xêr çî
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Badaga
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Urali
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
kerala
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.31 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
20.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
kurde
kannada
German Name
Kurdisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Kannadiga
Origin
16th century CE
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Kannada
Language Position
1431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
kan
ISO 639 2/B
kur
kan
ISO 639 3
kur
kan
ISO 639 6
kur
kan
Glottocode
kurd1259
nucl1305
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-