Countries
West Java
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
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Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Silaw
Thank You
Nuhun
Sipas
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Bayanit bash
Please
Mangga
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Hapunten
Bibûre
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Punten
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Banten
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bogor
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bandung
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
soundanais
kurde
German Name
Sundanesisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Kurds
Origin
5th century AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Kurdish
Language Position
4214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
su
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
kur
ISO 639 2/B
sun
kur
ISO 639 3
sun
kur
ISO 639 6
sun
kur
Glottocode
sund1251
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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