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Oriya and Kurdish


Kurdish and Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
42  
22
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
29  
19

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
Silaw  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
Bibûre  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
India  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
oriya  
kurde  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Kurds  

History

Origin
3 BC  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Kurdish  

Language Position
32  
30
14  
13

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
kur  

ISO 639 3
ori  
kur  

ISO 639 6
ori  
kur  

Glottocode
macr1269  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Oriya and Kurdish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Oriya and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Kurdish Speaking population

Oriya and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oriya and Kurdish on Oriya vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Kurdish Language Codes

Oriya and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oriya and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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