Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Iraq, Kurdistan
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)
Not Available
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
nakupenda
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Samahani
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
kurde
German Name
Swahili
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Kurds
Origin
6th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
Standard Forms
Swahili
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
kurd1259
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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 Not Available 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.