Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Apache Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2934
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
Sipas
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
Evare baş
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
Bê zehmet
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Bibûre
Nízhdził
Bye
Be xêr çî
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Navajo1
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Arizona
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Utah
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Navaho
French Name
kurde
navaho
German Name
Kurdisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Navajo people
Origin
16th century CE
1500 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Navajo
Language Position
1429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
nav
ISO 639 2/B
kur
nav
ISO 639 3
kur
nav
ISO 639 6
kur
nav
Glottocode
kurd1259
nava1243
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic