Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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-
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
817
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2927
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Sipas
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Evare baş
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Hach ch'i
Please
Bê zehmet
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Bibûre
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Poguli
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Rambani
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
kurde
kashmiri
German Name
Kurdisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
16th century CE
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Kashmiri
Language Position
1423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
kas
ISO 639 2/B
kur
kas
ISO 639 3
kur
kas
ISO 639 6
kur
kas
Glottocode
kurd1259
kash1277
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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