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 "network": "The Kurdish Cooperation Organization",
 "kind": "variety",
 "label": "Language variety",
 "schemaOrg": "Language",
 "built": "2026-11-11T23:10:41.259Z",
 "count": 17,
 "note": "Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label; unknown is shown as unknown and never as 0. Figures of different measures are never added.",
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   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "kurmanji-northern-kurdish-kmr-Latn",
   "title": "Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) · Kurmancî",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish · Latn script · Türkiye, Syria, northern Iraq and Iran, the former USSR and most of the diaspora",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/kurmanji-northern-kurdish-kmr-Latn/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "launch"
   ],
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    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "kmr-Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Kurmancî"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Türkiye, Syria, northern Iraq and Iran, the former USSR and most of the diaspora"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "launch"
    }
   ],
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    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "sorani-central-kurdish-ckb",
   "title": "Sorani (Central Kurdish) · کوردیی ناوەندی",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish · Arab script · The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Kurdistan province of Iran",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/sorani-central-kurdish-ckb/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "launch"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "ckb"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "کوردیی ناوەندی"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Kurdistan province of Iran"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "launch"
    }
   ],
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    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "english-en",
   "title": "English · English",
   "summary": "not recorded · Latn script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/english-en/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "launch"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "en"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "English"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "launch"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "zazaki-kirmancki-dimilki-zza",
   "title": "Zazaki (Kirmanckî, Dimilkî) · Zazakî",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern · Latn script · Eastern Türkiye: Dersim, Bingöl, Elazığ, Diyarbakır and neighbouring provinces",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/zazaki-kirmancki-dimilki-zza/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "zza"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Zazakî"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Eastern Türkiye: Dersim, Bingöl, Elazığ, Diyarbakır and neighbouring provinces"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "southern-kurdish-kelhuri-feyli-sdh",
   "title": "Southern Kurdish (Kelhurî, Feylî) · کوردی خوارین",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish · Arab script · Kermanshah and Ilam in Iran, and eastern Iraq",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/southern-kurdish-kelhuri-feyli-sdh/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "sdh"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "کوردی خوارین"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Kermanshah and Ilam in Iran, and eastern Iraq"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "gorani-hawrami-hac",
   "title": "Gorani / Hawrami · هەورامی",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern · Arab script · Hawraman, on both sides of the Iran and Iraq border",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/gorani-hawrami-hac/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "by-demand"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "hac"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "هەورامی"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Hawraman, on both sides of the Iran and Iraq border"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "by-demand"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "kurmanji-in-cyrillic-kmr-Cyrl",
   "title": "Kurmanji in Cyrillic · Кӧрмаънщи",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish · Cyrl script · Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/kurmanji-in-cyrillic-kmr-Cyrl/",
   "tags": [
    "Cyrl",
    "ltr",
    "by-demand"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "kmr-Cyrl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Кӧрмаънщи"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Cyrl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "by-demand"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "german-de",
   "title": "German · Deutsch",
   "summary": "not recorded · Latn script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/german-de/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "de"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Deutsch"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "swedish-sv",
   "title": "Swedish · Svenska",
   "summary": "not recorded · Latn script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/swedish-sv/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "sv"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Svenska"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "french-fr",
   "title": "French · Français",
   "summary": "not recorded · Latn script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/french-fr/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "fr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Français"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "turkish-tr",
   "title": "Turkish · Türkçe",
   "summary": "not recorded · Latn script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/turkish-tr/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "tr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Türkçe"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "arabic-ar",
   "title": "Arabic · العربية",
   "summary": "not recorded · Arab script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/arabic-ar/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "ar"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "العربية"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "persian-fa",
   "title": "Persian · فارسی",
   "summary": "not recorded · Arab script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/persian-fa/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "fa"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "فارسی"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "dutch-nl",
   "title": "Dutch · Nederlands",
   "summary": "not recorded · Latn script · where spoken: not recorded",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/dutch-nl/",
   "tags": [
    "Latn",
    "ltr",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "nl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Nederlands"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Latn"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "not recorded"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "kurmanji-in-the-arabic-based-script-badini-kmr-Arab",
   "title": "Kurmanji in the Arabic-based script (Badînî) · کورمانجی",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish · Arab script · Duhok and Iraqi Kurmanji areas",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/kurmanji-in-the-arabic-based-script-badini-kmr-Arab/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "phase-2"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "kmr-Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "کورمانجی"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern, Kurdish"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Duhok and Iraqi Kurmanji areas"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "phase-2"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "laki-lki",
   "title": "Laki · لەکی",
   "summary": "Iranian, Northwestern · Arab script · Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah; its classification is debated",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/laki-lki/",
   "tags": [
    "Arab",
    "rtl",
    "by-demand"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "lki"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "لەکی"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Arab"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "rtl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Iranian, Northwestern"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "Lorestan, Ilam and Kermanshah; its classification is debated"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "by-demand"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "kind": "variety",
   "id": "russian-ru",
   "title": "Russian · Русский",
   "summary": "Slavic · Cyrl script · The former USSR, as a second language of Kurdish communities",
   "url": "https://kurds.global/language/varieties/russian-ru/",
   "tags": [
    "Cyrl",
    "ltr",
    "by-demand"
   ],
   "fields": [
    {
     "k": "Code",
     "v": "ru"
    },
    {
     "k": "Native name",
     "v": "Русский"
    },
    {
     "k": "Script",
     "v": "Cyrl"
    },
    {
     "k": "Direction",
     "v": "ltr"
    },
    {
     "k": "Family",
     "v": "Slavic"
    },
    {
     "k": "Where",
     "v": "The former USSR, as a second language of Kurdish communities"
    },
    {
     "k": "Phase",
     "v": "by-demand"
    }
   ],
   "links": [
    {
     "t": "Language",
     "u": "/language/"
    }
   ]
  }
 ]
}