The Kurdish language (Kurdish: Kurdî) is a Northwestern Iranic language spoken by the Kurds in an area called Kurdistan, including parts of the countries Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.[5] Kurdish has two main dialects and many subs dialects. The two main ones are Kurmanji and Sorani. Kurdish belongs to the same language group as the Iranian languages. Another well-known Iranian language is Persian. They are considered Indo-European languages.
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Kurdish
Kurdî |
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| Native to | Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia |
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| Ethnicity | 55-60 million Kurds |
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Native speakers | 60 million (2021)[2] |
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| Kurdish Script |
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Official language in | Iraq: status as official language alongside Arabic.
Iran: constitutional status as a regional language
Armenia: minority language[3]
Azerbaijan: minority language in 5 districts[4] |
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| ISO 639-1 | ku |
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| ISO 639-2 | kur |
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| ISO 639-3 | kur – inclusive code
Individual codes:
ckb – Sorani
kmr – Kurmanji
sdh – Southern Kurdish
lki – Laki |
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| Linguasphere | (North Kurdish incl. Kurmanji & Kurmanjiki) + 58-AAA-b (Central Kurdish incl. Dimli/Zaza & Gurani) + 58-AAA-c (South Kurdish incl. Kurdi) + Luri dialect 58-AAA-a (North Kurdish incl. Kurmanji & Kurmanjiki) + 58-AAA-b (Central Kurdish incl. Dimli/Zaza & Gurani) + 58-AAA-c (South Kurdish incl. Kurdi) + Luri dialect |
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