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Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî): learn

Learning Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî): a pathway, courses, exams, programmes for children and teacher training.

کوردی خوارین

01From first steps to fluency

Levels follow the descriptors of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) as a guide. A course here is not an official CEFR exam.

  1. A1

    First steps

    Read and write the script. Greet, introduce yourself and ask simple questions.

    No course at this level yet.

  2. A2

    Everyday use

    Handle routine tasks: shopping, travel, family and work.

    No course at this level yet.

  3. B1 to B2

    Independent use

    Follow the news, write letters and take part in a discussion.

    No course at this level yet.

  4. C1 to C2

    Proficient use

    Read literature, work in the language and interpret.

    No course at this level yet.

02Courses in the Academy

  • Southern Kurdish · Foundations

    Southern Kurdish

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 3 Planned

03Exams and levels

No official proficiency exam aligned to the CEFR is recorded for Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî) yet.

Sources Council of Europe. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Companion volume. (2020) To verify

04Heritage-language programmes for children

Kurdish was banned or restricted in several of the states where Kurds live for much of the 20th century. Much of its teaching moved to homes, diaspora schools and mother-tongue programmes abroad. The network is preparing shared curricula, teacher training and a directory of schools.

Public programmes in some host countries. Which languages each offers is set locally; check the programme for Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî).

05Teacher training

Teacher training for Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî) is forming.

06Study elsewhere

  • Study

    Iranian languages

    Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

  • Study

    Persian, Kurdish and Armenian

    Inalco (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

  • Study

    Persian

    SOAS University of London Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

  • Study

    Kurdish Studies

    Centre for Kurdish Studies, University of Exeter Checked 2026-10-23 Verified

Institutions that teach or research the region’s languages. A listing is not a partnership or an endorsement.

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî): Learn. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/language/languages/sdh/learn/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî): Learn.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/language/languages/sdh/learn/.

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	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Southern {Kurdish} ({Kelhur}{\^ i}, {Feyl}{\^ i}): Learn},
	url = {https://kurds.global/language/languages/sdh/learn/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/language/languages/sdh/learn/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Approaches to Corpus Creation for Low-Resource Language Technology: the Case of Southern Kurdish and Laki

    Association for Computational Linguistics 2023, Sina Ahmadi, Antonios Anastasopoulos et al. · 2023 · Underline Science Inc.

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  2. A Cross-Dialect Account of Kurdish Past Tense Categories, with Special Reference to Southern Kurdish

    Sara Belelli · 2022 · Springer eBooks

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIRE

  3. Sara Belelli. “A Cross-Dialect Account of Kurdish Past Tense Categories, with Special Reference to Southern Kurdish”

    Shuan Osman Karim · 2023 · Abstracta Iranica

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-SA-4.0

  4. Towards a dialectology of Southern Kurdish : Where to begin?

    Sara Belelli · 2019 · Bamberg Studies in Kurdish Linguistics (BSKL)

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen access

  5. Observations on "ü" and "üe" Correspondences in Southern Kurdish

    X_name · 2026 · Zenodo

    PreprintDataCiteZenodoOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  6. Southern Kurdish film poster

    Yad Deen, Renas Babakir, Noori Issa · 2025 · The British Museum

    OtherDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

  7. On the Functions of (-ow) in Southern Kurdish

    Habib Gowhari, Forugh Asadi · 2022 · ̒Ilm-i Zabān

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  8. Southern Kurdish

    Parvaneh Rezaee · 2015 · ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC-SA

  9. The Effect of Age and Level of Education as Extra-Linguistics Variables on Mutual Intelligibility between Central and Southern Kurdish Dialects

    Manijeh Mirmukri, Gholam-Hossein Karimi-Doostan · 2019 · پژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  10. Glottolog 5.3 Resources for Southern Kurdish

    2026 · OLAC – Open Language Archives Community

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY

  11. Dasinya: A dataset and preprocessing pipeline for the Badini Kurdish dialect.

    Saeed VA, Jacksi K · 2026 · Data Brief

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  12. II A Southern Kurdish Folksong in Kermanshahi Dialect

    E. B. Soane · 1909 · Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland

    ArticleOpenAlexZenodoOpen accessCC-ZERO

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