Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2917
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Sipas
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Evare baş
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Bê zehmet
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Bibûre
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Be xêr çî
bye
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
kurde
kazakh
German Name
Kurdisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Kazahks
Origin
16th century CE
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Kazakh
Language Position
1493
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
kur
kaz
ISO 639 3
kur
kaz
ISO 639 6
kur
kaz
Glottocode
kurd1259
kaza1248
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative