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on request · Language · hac · Iranian, Northwestern

Gorani / Hawrami

هەورامی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Hawraman, on both sides of the Iran and Iraq border.

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Language · hac · Iranian, Northwestern · on request

Gorani / Hawrami

هەورامی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Hawraman, on both sides of the Iran and Iraq border.

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hac
هەورامیGorani / Hawrami · Arab
Code
hac
Family
Iranian, Northwestern
Where
Hawraman, on both sides of the Iran and Iraq border
Phase
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Coverage
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Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

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Gorani and HawramiKCO-LNG-10 · Open for enrolment on study.kurds.global
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Writing

1 script

Its own names

هەورامیhewramî
right to left
گۆرانیgoranî
right to left

Scripts

Arab
Kurdish Arabic-based alphabetئ ا ب پ ت ج چ ح
33 letters
  • Literary koine of Ardalan and of Yarsan scripture; endangered
  • Hawrami is usually written in the Kurdish Arabic-based alphabet. Letters for Hawrami sounds such as ڎ are not in the CLDR set for Sorani; their use is to verify.
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Resources

1 resource
Glottolog: Guranireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
Indo-European, then Classical Indo-European, then Indo-Iranian, then Iranian-Nuristani, then Iranian, then Central Iranian PBS, then Central Iranian PB, then Northwestern Iranian, then Adharic, then Gorani
Codes
ISO 639-3 hac · Glottolog gura1251
Dialects
Gurani: Hawraman-I Luhon, Hawraman-I Taxt, Kakai, Nuclear Gurani, Zardayana (7 listed in all)
Standing
Gurani: threatened (Vulnerable) secondary
Gorani
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Names

Gorani names the wider group and the literary language of the Ardalan court and of Yarsan scripture. Hawrami is its main living variety. ISO 639-3 uses the name Gurani (hac).

to verify · MacKenzie. The Dialect of Awroman (Hawraman-ī Luhōn). Munksgaard.; Mahmoudveysi, Bailey, Paul and Haig. The Gorani Language of Gawraju. Reichert.; ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority.

Classification and identity

Linguists classify Gorani as Northwestern Iranian, outside the Kurdish group. Glottolog places it with Zazaki. Most speakers identify as Kurds and call Hawrami a Kurdish dialect.

to verify · Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.; MacKenzie. The Dialect of Awroman (Hawraman-ī Luhōn). Munksgaard.; Haig and Öpengin. Kurdish: A critical research overview. Kurdish Studies 2 (2).

Speakers

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Year
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Status
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Gorani and HawramiKCO-LNG-10 · Open for enrolment on study.kurds.global
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