Kurdish Language: Western Iranian language
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.
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.
| Kurdish | |
|---|---|
| كوردی, Kurdî, Kurdí, Кöрди | |
| Native to | Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia |
| Ethnicity | 55-60 million Kurds |
Native speakers | 60 million (2021) |
Indo-European
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| Perso-Arabic (Sorani alphabet) in Iraq and Iran, Latin (Hawar alphabet) in Turkey, Syria and Armenia | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Iraq: status as official language alongside Arabic. Iran: constitutional status as a regional language Armenia: minority language Azerbaijan: minority language in 5 districts |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ku |
| ISO 639-2 | kur |
| ISO 639-3 | kur – inclusive codeIndividual codes: ckb – Soranikmr – Kurmanjisdh – Southern Kurdishlki – Laki |
| Linguasphere | 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 |
References
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