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Somali vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

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   

History

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
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Somali and Kurdish Language History

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

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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.

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