Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2941
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Silaw
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Sipas
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Evare baş
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Bê zehmet
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Bibûre
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Be xêr çî
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Pothohari
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Doabi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.31 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
kurde
pendjabi
German Name
Kurdisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Kurds
Punjabis
Origin
16th century CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
1423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
ku
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kur
pan
ISO 639 2/B
kur
pan
ISO 639 3
kur
pan
ISO 639 6
kur
panj
Glottocode
kurd1259
panj1256
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional