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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Middle East

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Norwegian and Danish Language
Farsi Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2933
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

98
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1829
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hej
Silaw

Thank You

tacka dig
Sipas

How Are You?

hur mår du
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

godnatt
Şev xweş

Good Evening

god kväll
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

god morgon
Bayanit bash

Please

vänligen
Bê zehmet

Sorry

ledsen
Bibûre

Bye

hej då
Be xêr çî

I Love You

jag älskar dig
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Gabon
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

Georgia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

France
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

793
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

suédois
kurde

German Name

Schwedisch
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Kurds

History

Origin

13th Century
16th century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Kurdish

Language Position

8914
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
kur

ISO 639 2/B

swe
kur

ISO 639 3

swe
kur

ISO 639 6

swe
kur

Glottocode

swed1254
kurd1259

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Swedish and Kurdish Alphabets

Swedish and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Kurdish. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Swedish and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Kurdish languages. The Swedish phonology consist Swedish vowels and Swedish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swedish greetings vs Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swedish 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 Swedish and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swedish and Kurdish Speaking population

Swedish and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Kurdish on Swedish vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Kurdish Language Codes

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