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Kurdish vs Zulu


Zulu 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   
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

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
50   
35

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   
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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Kurdish and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Zulu language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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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.

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