Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
Salama!
Thank You
Sipas
Misaotra
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Şev xweş
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Evare baş
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Maraina tsara
Please
Bê zehmet
azafady
Sorry
Bibûre
Miala tsiny
Bye
Be xêr çî
Veloma!
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Azafady
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Merina
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
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How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.31 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
kurde
malgache
German Name
Kurdisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Malagasy people
Origin
16th century CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
-
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
standard Malagasy
Language Position
1484
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ku
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
kur
mlg
ISO 639 3
kur
mlg
ISO 639 6
kur
mlg
Glottocode
kurd1259
mala1537
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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