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1 Countries
2.1 Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
2.3 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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2.5 National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
2.7 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.9 Speaking Continents
Middle East
2.11 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.13 Regulated By
Not Available
2.15 Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
2.17 Similar To
Farsi Language
2.19 Derived From
Not Available
3 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.3 Alphabets
Tamil
33
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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4.6 Phonology
4.6.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
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4.6.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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4.10 Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
4.11 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
4.12 Hard to Learn
4.12.1 Language Levels
Armenian
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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4.12.3 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
4 weeks
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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7 Greetings
7.1 Hello
Silaw
7.2 Thank You
Sipas
7.3 How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
7.4 Good Night
Şev xweş
7.5 Good Evening
Evare baş
7.6 Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
7.7 Good Morning
Bayanit bash
7.8 Please
Bê zehmet
7.9 Sorry
Bibûre
7.10 Bye
Be xêr çî
7.11 I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
7.12 Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
8 Dialects
8.1 Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
8.1.1 Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
8.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
20,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Macedonian
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8.3 Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
8.3.1 Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
8.3.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
5,000,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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8.5 Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
8.5.1 Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
8.5.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
3,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Romanian
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8.7 Total No. Of Dialects
English
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
English
28.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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10.3 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.31 %
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Xhosa
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10.4 Native Speakers
Chinese
21.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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10.5.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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11.3.4 Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
11.3.5 Alternative Names
Not Available
11.3.6 French Name
kurde
11.3.7 German Name
Kurdisch
11.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
11.5 Ethnicity
Kurds
12 History
12.1 Origin
16th century CE
12.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
12.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
12.2.2 Branch
Not Available
12.3 Language Forms
12.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
12.3.2 Standard Forms
Kurdish
12.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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13.7.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
13.8 Scope
Macrolanguage
14 Code
14.1 ISO 639 1
ku
14.2 ISO 639 2
14.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kur
14.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kur
14.3 ISO 639 3
kur
14.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
14.5 Glottocode
kurd1259
14.6 Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
14.7 Types of Language
14.7.1 Language Type
Living
14.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
14.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Kurdish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Kurdish language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Kurdish language states that it was put to use in 16th century CE. The history of Kurdish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Kurdish Language History.The evolution of Kurdish language began with early forms such as Not Available. Kurdish is the standard form of Kurdish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Kurdish Language.

Kurdish population

Kurdish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Kurdish language. Kurdish language is spoken by 28.00 million people in the world. Most of the Kurdish population lies in the Kurdish Speaking Countries. Kurdish language is spoken as first language by 21.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Kurdish as second language. Get to know Kurdish speaking population in detail.

Kurdish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Kurdish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Kurdish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin script is used by Kurdish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Kurdish language

Check out all the information about Kurdish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Kurdish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Kurdish Speaking Countries, Kurdish speaking continents and Kurdish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Kurdish countries knowing common Kurdish Greetings will help you in communicating with Kurdish people.