Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
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Turkish Language Association
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Azerbaijani Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Şev xweş
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Evare baş
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
günaydın
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Kurdisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
nucl1301
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
All Kurdish and Turkish 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 Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Turkish Speaking population
Kurdish and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Kurdish vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Turkish Language Codes
Kurdish and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.