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Kurdish language

Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی, .

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Dialects
Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) · Central Kurdish (Sorani) · Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn, Palewani) · Laki
Ethnicity
Kurds
Glottolog
kurd1259
ISO 639-1
ku
ISO 639-2
kur
ISO 639-3
kur – inclusive code Individual codes: kmr – Northern Kurdish ckb – Central Kurdish sdh – Southern Kurdish lki – Laki Kurdish

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Classification and origin

Varieties

Zazaki and Gorani

History

Current status

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Kurdish language

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples122
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Kurdish language

Top relations

related to External links · 59
Kurdish language → Advanced Computer Science, Applications, Arabic, Archived, Central Kurdish Archived, CHATBOT SYSTEM FOR KURDISH, Dictionaries, DictionaryThe Kurdish Institute, Diss, Encyclopedia Iranica, English, Harvard University, Hemn Karim, History, IJACSA, Influence, International Journal, IstanbulKAL, Java Programming Language, July
related to Current status · 32
Kurdish language → Also Imams, Assad, Before August, Culture, Esnaf, Fall, Friday, However, In, In March, Iraq, January, Kurdish, Kurdish-language, Kurmanji, Many, Minister, Previously, Prior, September
see also · 6
Kurdish language → IstanbulList, Kurdish, Kurdish-speaking, Kurdistan, Language DayKurdish Institute, ParisKurdish Institute
Language family · 5
Kurdish language → Indo-IranianIranianWesternNorthwesternKurdish, IranianWesternNorthwesternKurdish, Kurdish, NorthwesternKurdish, WesternNorthwesternKurdish
Dialects · 4
Kurdish language → Central Kurdish (Sorani), Laki, Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn, Palewani)
Writing system · 4
Kurdish language → Armenian alphabet (1921–29 in Soviet Armenia), Cyrillic alphabet (former Soviet Union), Hawar alphabet (Latin script; used mostly in Turkey and Syria), Sorani alphabet (Perso-Arabic script; used mostly in Iraq and Iran)
Official language in · 2
Kurdish language → Iraq[a] Kurdistan Region, Kurdistan Region
Ethnicity · 1
Kurdish language → Kurds
Glottolog · 1
Kurdish language → kurd1259
ISO 639-1 · 1
Kurdish language → ku

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kurdish kurmanji sorani kurds language gorani zaza languages incl spoken iranian dialects central written turkey iraq kurdistan northern northwestern speakers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kurdish languageDialectsNorthern Kurdish (Kurmanji)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageDialectsCentral Kurdish (Sorani)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageDialectsSouthern Kurdish (Xwarîn, Palewani)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageDialectsLaki1.00infobox
Kurdish languageEthnicityKurds1.00infobox
Kurdish languageGlottologkurd12591.00infobox
Kurdish languageISO 639-1ku1.00infobox
Kurdish languageISO 639-2kur1.00infobox
Kurdish languageISO 639-3kur – inclusive code Individual codes: kmr – Northern Kurdish ckb – Central Kurdish sdh – Southern Kurdish lki – Laki Kurdish1.00infobox
Kurdish languageLanguage familyIndo-IranianIranianWesternNorthwesternKurdish1.00infobox
Kurdish languageLanguage familyIranianWesternNorthwesternKurdish1.00infobox
Kurdish languageLanguage familyWesternNorthwesternKurdish1.00infobox
Kurdish languageLanguage familyNorthwesternKurdish1.00infobox
Kurdish languageLanguage familyKurdish1.00infobox
Kurdish languageLinguasphere(North Kurdish incl. Kurmanji & Kurmanjiki) + 58-AAA-b (Central Kurdish incl. Dimli/Zaza & Gurani) + 58-AAA-c (South Kurdish incl. Kurdi) 58-AAA-a (North Kurdish incl. Kurmanji…1.00infobox
Kurdish languageNative speakers29 million (2017–2024)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageNative toArmenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey1.00infobox
Kurdish languageOfficial language inIraq[a] Kurdistan Region1.00infobox
Kurdish languageOfficial language inKurdistan Region1.00infobox
Kurdish languageRecognised minority language inArmenia Syria[b]1.00infobox
Kurdish languageRegionKurdistan; Also Anatolia, Caucasus, Khorasan, Kurdish diaspora1.00infobox
Kurdish languageWriting systemHawar alphabet (Latin script; used mostly in Turkey and Syria)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageWriting systemSorani alphabet (Perso-Arabic script; used mostly in Iraq and Iran)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageWriting systemCyrillic alphabet (former Soviet Union)1.00infobox
Kurdish languageWriting systemArmenian alphabet (1921–29 in Soviet Armenia)1.00infobox

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