Kurdish and Lithuanian
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
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Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Latvian
Alphabets in
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Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Labanakt
Good Evening
Evare baş
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Laba diena
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Labas rytas
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Samogitian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Lithuania
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Curonian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Lithuania
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
kurde
lituanien
German Name
Kurdisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Lithuanians
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Lithuanian
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
lith1251
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
All Kurdish and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Lithuanian Speaking population
Kurdish and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Kurdish vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Lithuanian Language Codes
Kurdish and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.