Countries
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hai
Silaw
Thank You
terima kasih
Sipas
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Bayanit bash
Please
sila
Bê zehmet
Sorry
maaf
Bibûre
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Bê zehmet
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
30,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
malais
kurde
German Name
Malaiisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Kurds
History
Origin
c. 683 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Kurdish
Language Position
5414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ms
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
kur
ISO 639 2/B
may
kur
ISO 639 3
zsm
kur
ISO 639 6
may
kur
Glottocode
stan1306
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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