Countries
Countries
South Africa
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Farsi Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4329
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
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Molo
Silaw
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Sipas
How Are You?
Unjani
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Molo
Bayanit bash
Please
Ndicela
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Bibûre
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Bê zehmet
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Africa
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Africa
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
19.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
xhosa
kurde
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Kurds
History
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
Kurdish
Language Position
2114
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
xh
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
kur
ISO 639 2/B
xho
kur
ISO 639 3
xho
kur
ISO 639 6
xho
kur
Glottocode
xhos1239
kurd1259
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
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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