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Xhosa vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
43   
32
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Xhosa and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Kurdish language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Kurdish Language History.

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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.

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