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Kurdish and Sundanese


Sundanese and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin, Sundanese  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
39.00 million  
22

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  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Sundanese  

Language Position
14  
13
42  
39

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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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All Kurdish and Sundanese 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 Sundanese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Sundanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Sundanese Dialects are spoken in different Sundanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Sundanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect , Northern dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Sundanese Speaking population

Kurdish and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Kurdish vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Sundanese Language Codes

Kurdish and Sundanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Sundanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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