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Kurdish and Khasi


Khasi and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Kumno  

Thank You
Sipas  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
khublei  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Map  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
khublei  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Bhoi  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
kurde  
khasi  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Khasi  

Language Position
14  
13
40  
37

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
kha  

ISO 639 3
kur  
kha  

ISO 639 6
kur  
kha  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kurdish and Khasi Speaking population

Kurdish and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Kurdish vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Khasi Language Codes

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

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