Countries
South Africa
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
xhosa
  
kurde
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Kurds
  
Origin
16th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
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
  
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Kurdish language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.