Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Evare baş
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Bê zehmet
tafadhali
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Samahani
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
kurde
swahili
German Name
Kurdisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kurds
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
16th century CE
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Swahili
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
swah1254
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Kurdish and Swahili 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 Kurdish and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Swahili language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Swahili Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Swahili 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 Kurdish and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.