Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2916
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Halo
Thank You
Sipas
Nuhun
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Evare baş
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Bê zehmet
Mangga
Sorry
Bibûre
Hapunten
Bye
Be xêr çî
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Punten
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Western dialect
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Banten
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Bogor
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Bandung
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
kurde
soundanais
German Name
Kurdisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
16th century CE
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Sundanese
Language Position
1442
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
sun
ISO 639 2/B
kur
sun
ISO 639 3
kur
sun
ISO 639 6
kur
sun
Glottocode
kurd1259
sund1251
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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