Language
Languages
Every language and variety in the register. Each page says where it is spoken and how to help it.
01Languages in the register
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Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish)
Türkiye, Syria, northern Iraq and Iran, the former USSR and most of the diaspora
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Sorani (Central Kurdish)
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Kurdistan province of Iran
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Zazaki (Kirmanckî, Dimilkî)
Eastern Türkiye: Dersim, Bingöl, Elazığ, Diyarbakır and neighbouring provinces
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Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî)
Kermanshah and Ilam in Iran, and eastern Iraq
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Gorani / Hawrami
Hawraman, on both sides of the Iran and Iraq border
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Kurmanji in Cyrillic
Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia
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Kurmanji in the Arabic-based script (Badînî)
Duhok and Iraqi Kurmanji areas
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Laki
Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah; its classification is debated
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Russian
The former USSR, as a second language of Kurdish communities
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@misc{kco2026_language_languages, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Languages}, url = {https://kurds.global/language/languages/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/language/languages/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_language_lan N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Languages UR - https://kurds.global/language/languages/ ER -