Kurdish and Maithili
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Sipas
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Evare baş
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Suprabhaat
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
kripaya
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Khortha
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
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Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
kurde
maithili
German Name
Kurdisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
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Origin
16th century CE
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
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Early Forms
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No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Maithili
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kurd1259
mait1250
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Kurdish and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Maithili Speaking population
Kurdish and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Kurdish vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Maithili Language Codes
Kurdish and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.