Countries
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Not Available
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2923
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Silaw
Hola
Thank You
Sipas
Gràcies
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Bona nit
Good Evening
Evare baş
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Bon dia
Please
Bê zehmet
Sisplau
Sorry
Bibûre
Perdó!
Bye
Be xêr çî
Adéu
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Caló
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Valencian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Spain
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
català
Alternative Names
Not Available
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
kurde
catalan; valencien
German Name
Kurdisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Kurds
Catalan people
History
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
-9999
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Catalan
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ku
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
cat
ISO 639 2/B
kur
cat
ISO 639 3
kur
cat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
stan1289
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available