About Kurdish (Kurmanji) Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Kurmanji (Kurdish) is popularly known as Northern Kurdish. It is the northern dialect of the Kurdish language. Kurdish is spoken in Southeast Turkey and Northwest Iran and Syria. Interestingly it is also popular for many non-Kurdish minorities. There are many different dialects of this language. Northwestern, Southwestern, Northern, and Southern Kurmanji. The Kurdish language is written in two alphabets that is Latin and Hawar. The Hawar alphabet is commonly used in Syria, Turkey, and Armenia. Central Kurdish features eight different vowels while seven are represented with letters. The letters are quite similar to English. It also gets some inspiration from the Armenian alphabet. There are 15 million native speakers of Kurdish.
About Swahili Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Swahili is a popular Bantu language that is spoken in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. It is also widely spoken in Burundi, Mozambique, Oman, Somalia the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. The total number of native speakers is 98 million. According to a survey in 2012, there are about 47 million speakers in Tanzania and around 34 million in Uganda. You will be surprised to know that there is a small number of speakers in other parts of the world. Swahili is written in the Arabic script and is very much influenced by the Latin alphabet. There are plenty of dialects of Swahili but the modern standard Swahili is based on Kiunguja. Some old dialects include Maho that is distinctive from other dialects. Kimwani is another dialect that is majorly spoken in Mozambique.
