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Zulu vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Zulu


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
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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

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   

History

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
87   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Kurdish language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Kurdish Language History.

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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.

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