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Swedish and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
hej   

Thank You
Sipas   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
god morgon   

Please
Bê zehmet   
vänligen   

Sorry
Bibûre   
ledsen   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
hej då   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Dialects   

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
France   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
kurde   
suédois   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
Not Available   
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
swe   

ISO 639 3
kur   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kurdish and Swedish Speaking population

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

Kurdish and Swedish Language Codes

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

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