Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Turkey
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, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
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Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Farsi Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Sipas
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Şev xweş
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
günaydın
Bayanit bash
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Eastern Iraq
Native Name
Türkçe
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Kurdî, کوردی
German Name
Türkisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Origin
c. 1350
16th century CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
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Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nucl1301
kurd1259
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Turkish 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 Turkish and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Turkish and Kurdish Speaking population
Turkish and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Kurdish on Turkish vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Kurdish Language Codes
Turkish and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.