Kurdish and Somali
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Evare baş
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Not Available
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
German Name
Kurdisch
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
16th century CE
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Somali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
soma1255
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Kurdish and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Somali Speaking population
Kurdish and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Kurdish vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Somali Language Codes
Kurdish and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.