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