Kurdish and Latvian
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
European Union, Latvia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Evare baş
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Labdien
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Labrīt
Bye
Be xêr çî
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Livonian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Not Available
Lettish
German Name
Kurdisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kurds
Latvians or Letts
Origin
16th century CE
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Latvian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
latv1249
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
54-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Kurdish and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Latvian Speaking population
Kurdish and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Latvian on Kurdish vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Latvian Language Codes
Kurdish and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.