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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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