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Uyghur and Kurdish


Kurdish and Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
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Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Uzbek Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
27  
17
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Silaw  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Bayanit bash  

Please
birdam  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
kachurung  
Bibûre  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
ouïgour  
kurde  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Kurds  

History

Origin
11  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Kurdish  

Language Position
98  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
kur  

ISO 639 3
uig  
kur  

ISO 639 6
uig  
kur  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uyghur and Kurdish Speaking population

Uyghur and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uyghur and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Uyghur and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 % 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 Uyghur and Kurdish on Uyghur vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uyghur and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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