Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2533
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Silaw
Thank You
Hvala
Sipas
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Dober večer
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Bayanit bash
Please
Prosim
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Oprostite
Bibûre
Bye
Nasvidenje
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
80,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Italy
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
483
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
slovène
kurde
German Name
Slowenisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Kurds
Origin
972-1093
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Slovene
Kurdish
Language Position
2814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sl
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
kur
ISO 639 2/B
slv
kur
ISO 639 3
slv
kur
ISO 639 6
slv
kur
Glottocode
slov1268
kurd1259
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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