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Kurmanji (Kurdish: کورمانجی, Kurmancî, lit. 'Kurdish'), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly...

Kurdistan, namely in Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest and northeast Iran, and Syria. Kurdish varieties constitute a dialect continuum, with some mutually...

Southern Kurdish (Kurdish: کوردی خوارین, romanized: Kurdî Xwarîn) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern...

different dialects of Luri, despite mainly common characteristics, have significant differences. The northern dialect tends to have more Kurdish loanwords...

Taromi, Kabatei Kurdic (acc. Anonby) Kurdish Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) Central Kurdish (Sorani) Southern Kurdish (incl. Laki and Kurdali) Zaza–Gorani...

Sorani Kurdish (Kurdish: کرمانجیی خواروو, Kurmancîy Xwarû), also known as Central Kurdish, is a Kurdish dialect or a language spoken in Iraq, mainly in...

languages. Gorani is considered a Kurdish dialect by many researchers. Gorani is spoken in Iraq and Iran and has four dialects: Bajelani, Hawrami, and Sarli...

delimiters. Kurdish phonology is the sound system of the Kurdish dialect continuum. This article includes the phonology of the three Kurdish languages in...

right to left and was used to write in Kurdish, specifically in the Kurmanji dialect (also called Northern Kurdish). The script has a long history, according...

Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora...

Feyli dialect of Northern Luri. Linguist Ismaïl Kamandâr Fattah argues that the Kurdish Feyli dialect and other Southern Kurdish sub-dialects are 'interrelated...

Kurmanji are the main two Kurdish dialects, so internal language factions are not common. Kirmanji was the favored dialect up until the World Wars, but...

central Iranian dialects and Semnani, Semnani and the Gilaki. This belt is geographically divided by speakers of Persian, Azerbaijani and Kurdish into Zazaki...

referred to as Kurdistan. Most Kurds speak Northern Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Central Kurdish (Sorani). There are various hypotheses as to...

languages spoken in Northern Syria are the following, and are from three different language families: Kurdish (in Northern Kurdish dialect), a Northwestern...

The majority of Kurdish Americans are recent migrants from Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Most have roots in Kurdistan Region (northern Iraq) or northwestern...

"Ey Reqîb" (Kurdish: ئەی ڕەقیب, pronounced [ɛj rɛˈqiːb]) is the Kurdish national anthem and the official anthem of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of...

four different Kurdish dialects, Soranî (Central Kurdish), Kurmancî (Northern Kurdish), Hewramî (Gorani) and Kelhurî (Southern Kurdish). Naser Razzazi...

wide area from northern Iraq, eastern Turkey and north western Iran, corresponding to the area of Kurdistan, mostly spoke various dialects of modern Aramaic...

and Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), other Kurdish dialects and languages spoken in the region by small communities are Hawrami Kurdish, Southern Kurdish, Arabic...