Kurdish and Urdu
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Pakistan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Not Available
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
Şev xweş
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
Evare baş
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
گڈ مارننگ
Please
Bê zehmet
براہ مہربانی
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Dakhini
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
India
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
South Asia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bihari
German Name
Kurdisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
urdu1245
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Kurdish and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Urdu Speaking population
Kurdish and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu 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 Urdu on Kurdish vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Urdu Language Codes
Kurdish and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.