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  1. There are many languages spoken in the Kurdish region. Historically, Kurdish language belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, and was developed between 4,000 and 2,000 years ago. [1] Kurdish dialects are broken into three main groups: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish. [2] Kurmanji: Northern ...

  2. Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria.

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  4. LANGUAGE FACTSHEET. 75% of native Kurdish speakers speak Kurmanji or Sorani. Other dialects include: Pehlewani, Dimili/Zaza, and Hewrami/Gorani. Many Kurdish speakers were not educated in their mother tongue and might prefer to read or write in Arabic, Turkish, or Farsi.

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  5. The three primary languages spoken within Kurdistan are Sorani, Behdini, and Kurmanji. Kurds are considered one of the largest ‘stateless’ people groups. A stateless person is a person that is not considered a national by any State under the operation of law.

  6. stateless Kurdish language, not only compared to CTLs, but also compared to privileged LCTLs with statehood in general and those of the region: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.

  7. Although Kurds share the same ethnic identity, the languages they speak, though closely related, are not mutually intelligible. Kurdish dialects are primarily divided into three types, Northern (Kurjami), Central (Sorani), and Southern (Pehlewaní). Sorani and Kurmanji Kurdish, the two largest “dialects,” are about as different as English ...

  8. Kurdish language, a West Iranian language, one of the Indo-Iranian languages, chiefly spoken in Kurdistan. It ranks as the third largest Iranian language, after Persian and Pashto, and has numerous dialects. It is thought to be spoken by some 20–40 million people. There are three main dialect

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