Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Commission on the Filipino Language
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Silaw
Kablaaw
Thank You
Sipas
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Kumusta?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
Evare baş
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Bê zehmet
mangngegda
Sorry
Bibûre
Agpakawanak
Bye
Be xêr çî
Pakada
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Balangao
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Philippines
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Philippines
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Not present
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Not present
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ilokano
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
kurde
ilocano
German Name
Kurdisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Ilocano people
Origin
16th century CE
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
1494
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
kur
ilo
ISO 639 3
kur
ilo
ISO 639 6
kur
ilo
Glottocode
kurd1259
ilok1237
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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