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Kurdish and Shona


Shona and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
46   
34

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Sipas   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Mangwanani   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
bye   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Hwesa   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
kurde   
shona   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
sna   

ISO 639 3
kur   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
core1255   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kurdish and Shona Speaking population

Kurdish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Kurdish and Shona on Kurdish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Shona Language Codes

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

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