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Kurdish and Swedish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

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
78,000,000.00  
9
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
France  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

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
89  
99+
14  
13

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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-  

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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.

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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.

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