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One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.

Kurdish languages

Every variety and script, for children, adults, teachers and interpreters.

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Outlines drafted
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In wave 1
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In the Academy

  • A broad area of knowledge that arranges the Academy’s courses by subject; it is not an institution or a body of teaching staff. of Kurdish Studies

    Kurdish language and linguistics

    Kurdish linguistics studies the grammar, dialects, standards and history of the Kurdish varieties.

01Wave 1

  • Kurmanji · Foundations

    Kurmanji A1 (Latin)

    First steps in spoken and written Kurmanji, using the Latin alphabet.

    Wave 1 · 40 h A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. drafted

  • Sorani · Foundations

    Sorani A1

    First steps in spoken and written Sorani, using the Arabic-based Kurdish script.

    Wave 1 · 40 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish scripts · Foundations

    Kurdish scripts bridge (Latin, Arabic-based, Cyrillic)

    Reading Kurdish in all three scripts it is written in, so readers can cross between communities.

    Wave 1 · 12 h Outline drafted

  • Heritage language education · Practitioner

    Kurdish teacher training

    Teaching Kurdish to children and adults in community and weekend schools.

    Wave 1 · 30 h Outline drafted

02Wave 2

03Wave 3

  • Kurmanji · Practitioner, Scholar

    Kurmanji B2 to C1

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 3 Planned

  • Sorani · Practitioner, Scholar

    Sorani B2 to C1

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 3 Planned

  • Southern Kurdish · Foundations

    Southern Kurdish

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 3 Planned

  • Zazaki and Gorani · Foundations, Scholar

    Gorani and Hawrami

    Outline in preparation.

    Wave 3 Planned

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Kurdish languages. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/schools/kurdish-languages/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Kurdish Languages.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/schools/kurdish-languages/.

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@misc{kco2026_learn_schools_kurdish_languages,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Kurdish languages},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/schools/kurdish-languages/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/schools/kurdish-languages/},
}

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04Research and sources

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  1. Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages?

    Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Ali Qadir Hama Rash, Mohammed Amin Qadir Hama Rash et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Social Science and Human Research

    ArticleOpenAlexDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-NC

  2. Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.

    Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA · 2026 · Data Brief

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  3. KURDISH LANGUAGE, ITS FAMILY AND DIALECTS

    Hewa Salam Khalid · 2020 · Kurdiname

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  4. The Effectiveness of Carin’s Model in Acquiring of the Kurdish language Grammar Concepts for Tenth Graders students of Preparatory school

    Aras Khider Ali, Sattar Jabbar Haji · 2025 · Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

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

    Saeed VA, Jacksi K · 2026 · Data Brief

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  6. Struggling against Language Shift: Kurdish Language Education in Turkey

    Anu Leinonen · 2025 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  7. Polysemy of Particle in Kurdish Language

    Bayan Mala Hamadameen, Talib Husen Ali · 2023 · Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  8. The Typology of Connectivity and Complex Constructions in Kurdish Dialects

    Yaron Matras · 2022 · Structural and Typological Variation in the Dialects of Kurdish

    ChapterCrossref

  9. Towards Machine Translation for the Kurdish Language

    Sina Ahmadi, Mariam Masoud · 2020 · arXiv

    PreprintarXivOpen access

  10. Language and Speech Technology for Central Kurdish Varieties

    Sina Ahmadi, Daban Q. Jaff, Md Mahfuz Ibn Alam et al. · 2024 · arXiv

    PreprintarXivOpen access

  11. Making Kurdish Visible: Digital Language Practices, Identity, and Belonging among Kurdish Youth in Türkiye

    mehmet sirin filiz, ziyattin YILDIRIMÇAKAR, Naif Ergün · 2026 · Zenodo

    DatasetZenodoCC-BY-4.0

  12. The First Parallel Corpora for Kurdish Sign Language

    Zina Kamal, Hossein Hassani · 2023 · arXiv

    PreprintarXivOpen access

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