Kurdish and Maltese
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
European Union, Malta
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Kif int?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Evare baş
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Bê zehmet
Jekk jogħġbok
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Qormi
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Malta
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Malta
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Not Present
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
-
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Malti
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Malti
French Name
kurde
maltais
German Name
Kurdisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[mɔːltiːz]
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Maltese
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
malt1254
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
All Kurdish and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Maltese Speaking population
Kurdish and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Kurdish vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Maltese Language Codes
Kurdish and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.