Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
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Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Hindi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Sipas
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Evare baş
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Bibûre
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Be xêr çî
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Doteli
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Nepal
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Nepal
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
kurde
népalais
German Name
Kurdisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
16th century CE
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Nepali
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
kurd1259
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Kurdish and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Nepali Speaking population
Kurdish and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Kurdish vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Nepali Language Codes
Kurdish and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.