Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
828
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2927
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Sipas
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Evare baş
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Bê zehmet
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Bibûre
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
kurde
lao
German Name
Kurdisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Kurds
Lao people
Origin
16th century CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Lao
Language Position
1443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
lao
ISO 639 2/B
kur
lao
ISO 639 3
kur
lao
ISO 639 6
kur
lao
Glottocode
kurd1259
laoo1244
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating