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Kurdish
Kurdish

Kazakh
Kazakh



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Countries

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

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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

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-

Alphabets

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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Greetings

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!)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.31 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

20.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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
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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Kurdish and Kazakh Alphabets

Kurdish and Kazakh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kurdish and Kazakh. In Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Kazakh Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Kurdish and Kazakh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kurdish and Kazakh languages. The Kurdish phonology consist Kurdish vowels and Kurdish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kurdish greetings vs Kazakh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kurdish and Kazakh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kurdish and Kazakh Speaking population

Kurdish and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Kurdish vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Kazakh Language Codes

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