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e. Kurdish ( Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, [11] [12] namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria .
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) recognizes both Kurmanji and Sorani, and actively promotes linguistic diversity and rights, teaching both dialects of Kurdish, as well as Arabic, in schools. Iraqi Kurdistan is also home to Hebrew, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, and Turkmani languages, spoken by their respective communities. [6]
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The Kurdish languages are a group of languages spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish languages constitutes a dialect continuum, many of which are not mutually intelligible, belonging to Western Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. The main three dialects or languages of Kurdish are Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish, and ...
The Kurdish language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Kurdish people in an area called Kurdistan, including parts of the countries Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. 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 ...
Dec 15, 2008 · HISTORY OF THE KURDISH LANGUAGE. INTRODUCTION. Any attempt to study or describe the history of the Kurdish (Kd.) language (s) faces the problem that, from Old and Middle Iranian times, no predecessors of the Kurdish language are yet known; the extant Kurdish texts may be traced back to no earlier than the 16th century CE.
Kurdish language. Iraq: status as official language alongside Arabic. The Kurdish language (Kurdish: Kurdî) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Kurdish people 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.
Kurmanji (Kurdish: کورمانجی, Kurmancî, lit. 'Kurdish'), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the most widely spoken form of Kurdish.
