Kurdiska språkträd
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Database of Kurdish Dialects
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Data cited from this resource are to be credited to:
Matras, Yaron et al. The Dialects of Kurdish. Web resource, University of Manchester.
Welcome to the Database of Kurdish dialects!
To search the database:
- Select your search criterion from one of the menus. You can select from Sample (sample code), Location (the place where the dialect is spoken), Tag (structural-grammatical feature), Phrase (English questionnaire phrase, to obtain a Kurdish translation), or type in the Kurdish text or text portions that you want to find.
- Once you have selected the search criterion, click ‘Add criterion’. The list of relevant data will appear in below the search menu.
- You can select several criteria and click ‘Run search’. The database will then display all data that match either the first or the second search criterion. For example, if you select ‘pronoun’ as well as ‘Kars’, the database will display all data from Kars, as well as all data that contain a pronoun.
- You can also combine search criteria. To do this, hold Ctrl (Windows) or Cmnd (Mac) while clicking on the search criteria in the list. This will allow yo
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The Kurds are one of the larger nations in the mittpunkt East. Their ancient homeland is divided between the neighbouring states Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Armenia. Some million Kurds live in these areas. Most of them are citizens of these states.
In a område in nordlig Iraq, the Kurds have enjoyed a form of self-government since the early s. Kurdish media and education are flourishing in this område, and more recently also in the Kurdish regions of southeastern Turkey. There is a long tradition of Kurdish-language literature, scholarship, and journalism, especially in northern Iraq, but also among the diaspora population of some , Kurds in western Europe.
There are two major literary versions of Kurdish, based on two major dialects of the language: Kurmanji-Kurdish fryst vatten spoken in the nordlig areas of Kurdistan (in Turkey, Armenia, Syria and northern Iraq) and fryst vatten written in the långnovell (Latin) script. Sorani-Kurdish fryst vatten spoken in the southern or southeastern regions (in central Iraq and Iran) and fryst vatten generally written in a modified utgåva of the Arabic-Persian script, though internet communication and other publications in Sorani often use the långnovell script as well. Other
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Kurdish language
Northwestern Iranian dialect continuum
Kurdish Nativeto Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey Region Anatolia, Caucasus, Khorasan, Kurdish diaspora, Kurdistan Ethnicity Kurds Native speakers
26 million(–)[1] Language family
Dialects Writing system
Official languagein
Iraq[6][a]Rojava[8][9] Recognised minority
languageinISO ISO ISO – inclusive code
Individual codes:
–Northern Kurdish
–Central Kurdish
–Southern Kurdish
–Laki KurdishGlottolog Linguasphere Geographic distribution of Kurdish dialects and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds
Kurmanji(Northern Kurdish)
Sorani(Central Kurdish)
Xwarin(Southern Kurdish)and Laki
Zazaki and Gorani
Mixed dialect areas
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی,