Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
15.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.