Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Latvian State Language Center
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2924
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
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Silaw
Sveiki
Thank You
Sipas
Paldies
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Evare baş
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Labdien
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Labrīt
Please
Bê zehmet
lūdzu
Sorry
Bibûre
Piedodiet!
Bye
Be xêr çî
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Livonian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Latvia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Lettish
French Name
kurde
letton
German Name
Kurdisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Latvians or Letts
Origin
16th century CE
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Latvian
Language Position
149
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ku
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
lav
ISO 639 2/B
kur
lav
ISO 639 3
kur
lav
ISO 639 6
kur
lav
Glottocode
kurd1259
latv1249
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic