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
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Dialects
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Georgia
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Dialects
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
France
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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)
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
swed1254
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Kurdish and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Swedish language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Swedish Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.