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Kurdish and Xhosa


Xhosa and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
29   
19
43   
32

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Molo   

Thank You
Sipas   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Molo   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
South Africa   

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
South Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
South Africa   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
kurde   
xhosa   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
16th 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   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
xho   

ISO 639 3
kur   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
99-AUT-fa   

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

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Kurdish and Xhosa Speaking population

Kurdish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Kurdish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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