Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
kurde
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Zulu language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Zulu Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.