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Swahili
Swahili

Kurdish
Kurdish



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
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

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Farsi Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2129
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Silaw

Thank You

Asante
Sipas

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Şev xweş

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Bayanit bash

Please

tafadhali
Bê zehmet

Sorry

pole
Bibûre

Bye

bye
Be xêr çî

I Love You

nakupenda
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

Samahani
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

123
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

swahili
kurde

German Name

Swahili
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Kurds

History

Origin

6th century
16th century CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Swahili
Kurdish

Language Position

2114
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
kur

ISO 639 2/B

swa
kur

ISO 639 3

swa
kur

ISO 639 6

swa
kur

Glottocode

swah1254
kurd1259

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Swahili and Kurdish Alphabets

Swahili and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Kurdish. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Swahili and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Kurdish languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili and Kurdish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and Kurdish Speaking population

Swahili and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Kurdish on Swahili vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Kurdish Language Codes

Swahili and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.