Countries
South Africa
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Xhosa Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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
Sawubona
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
bye
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiZulu
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Not Available
  
French Name
zoulou
  
kurde
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
19
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
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
  
Zulu 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 Zulu and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Kurdish language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Zulu vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu 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 Zulu and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.