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Kurdish and Uzbek


Uzbek and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Salom  

Thank You
Sipas  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Iltimos  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Kechiring!  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Xayr  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Tashkent  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
kurde  
ouszbek  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Uzbek  

Language Position
14  
13
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
kur  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
kur  
uzb  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kurdish and Uzbek Speaking population

Kurdish and Uzbek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Uzbek languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Uzbek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 %. 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 Uzbek on Kurdish vs Uzbek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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