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Swedish vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Silaw  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Sipas  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Bayanit bash  

Please
vänligen  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
ledsen  
Bibûre  

Bye
hej då  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
France  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
Svenska  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Not Available  

French Name
suédois  
kurde  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Kurds  

History

Origin
13th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Kurdish  

Language Position
89  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
kur  

ISO 639 3
swe  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Swedish and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Kurdish language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Kurdish Language History.

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

Swedish vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Swedish vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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