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Kurdish and Malayalam


Malayalam and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
-  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
15  
12

How Many Consonants
29  
19
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Sipas  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
India  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
kurde  
malayalam  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Malayali  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Malayalam  

Language Position
14  
13
29  
27

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
mal  

ISO 639 3
kur  
mal  

ISO 639 6
kur  
mal  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Kurdish and Malayalam Speaking population

Kurdish and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Kurdish vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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