Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Iraq, Kurdistan
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 in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Dialects
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Gabon
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Dialects
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Georgia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Dialects
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
France
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
13th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Not Available
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
kurd1259
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.