Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
sorry
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
kurde
  
somali
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Somalis
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Somali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kurdish and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Somali language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Somali Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kurdish and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.