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Kurdish and Swahili


Swahili and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Habari   

Thank You
Sipas   
Asante   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Bê zehmet   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Bibûre   
pole   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
bye   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Zanzibar island   

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Dar es Salaam   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Kilwa   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
kurde   
swahili   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
swa   

ISO 639 3
kur   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
99-AUS-m   

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

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Kurdish and Swahili Speaking population

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

Kurdish and Swahili Language Codes

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

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