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Kurdish vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs 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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Kurdish and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Xhosa language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kurdish and Xhosa Language History.

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Kurdish and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Xhosa language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Xhosa Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.

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