Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Norway
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Not Available
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Şev xweş
god natt
Good Evening
Evare baş
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
god morgen
Please
Bê zehmet
Vær så snill
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Norsk
Alternative Names
Not Available
Norsk
French Name
kurde
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Kurdisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Kurds
Norwegians
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
norw1258
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Kurdish and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Norwegian Speaking population
Kurdish and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Kurdish vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Norwegian Language Codes
Kurdish and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.