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Sanskrit and Kurdish


Kurdish and Sanskrit


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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
29  
19

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
20 weeks  
5
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Silaw  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Bibûre  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Not present  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
-  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
-  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
-  
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
sanskrit  
kurde  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Kurds  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Kurdish  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
-  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
kur  

ISO 639 3
san  
kur  

ISO 639 6
san  
kur  

Glottocode
sans1269  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Kurdish Speaking population

Sanskrit and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Kurdish on Sanskrit vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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