Kurdish and Xhosa
Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
South Africa
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
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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
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Sorry
Bibûre
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Be xêr çî
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Thembu
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Kurdisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Kurds
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
16th century CE
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kurd1259
xhos1239
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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.
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.
