Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Şev xweş
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Evare baş
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Western Persian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
فارسی
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Kurdisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Persian people
Origin
16th century CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Persian
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
fars1254
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Kurdish and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Persian Speaking population
Kurdish and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Kurdish vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Persian Language Codes
Kurdish and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.