Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
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The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3340
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
821
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Sipas
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Evare baş
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Bê zehmet
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Bibûre
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Be xêr çî
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Jeju
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
South Korea
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
South Korea
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
kurde
coréen
German Name
Kurdisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Koreans
Origin
16th century CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
1412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
kor
ISO 639 2/B
kur
kor
ISO 639 3
kur
Kor
ISO 639 6
kur
kor
Glottocode
kurd1259
kore1280
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative