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Yoruba and Kurdish


Kurdish and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Silaw  

Thank You
e dupe  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Jowo  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
binu  
Bibûre  

Bye
bye  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Ede  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
yoruba  
kurde  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
4 BC  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Kurdish  

Language Position
49  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
kur  

ISO 639 3
yor  
kur  

ISO 639 6
yor  
kur  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Yoruba and Kurdish Speaking population

Yoruba and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Kurdish on Yoruba vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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