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Kurdish language and linguistics

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

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Faculty of Kurdish Studies
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  1. Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Ali Qadir Hama Rash, Mohammed Amin Qadir Hama Rash et al. (2023). Kurdish and Persian: Dialects or Separate Languages?. International Journal of Social Science and Human Research. DOI 10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i4-29
  2. Hasan IE, Al-Atroshi SJA (2026). Mabast dataset for Sorani Kurdish dialect semantic text classification.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113121
  3. Hewa Salam Khalid (2020). KURDISH LANGUAGE, ITS FAMILY AND DIALECTS. Kurdiname.
  4. Aras Khider Ali, Sattar Jabbar Haji (2025). The Effectiveness of Carin’s Model in Acquiring of the Kurdish language Grammar Concepts for Tenth Graders students of Preparatory school. Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences. DOI 10.21271/zjhs.29.spb.20
  5. Saeed VA, Jacksi K (2026). Dasinya: A dataset and preprocessing pipeline for the Badini Kurdish dialect.. Data Brief. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2026.113129

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01Fields

The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.

  • Dialectology
  • Grammar
  • Standardisation
  • Lexicography
  • Language policy

02Classification

Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.

SchemeCodeSteward
OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.26.2OECD
ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013)0232UNESCO Institute for Statistics

03Courses

No course is outlined yet. Course authors can propose one.

04Communities of practice

  • Community of practice: Education and Language Standards

    A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on course quality and standards for Kurdish varieties and scripts.

    Proposed

05Contribute to this field

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06Related service subsites

  • Language

    Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani, in every script.

  • Research

    Kurdish studies: the observatory, reading lists and new research.

07More in this department

  • Open

    Kurmanji

    Kurmanji, or Northern Kurdish, is usually written in the Latin alphabet.

    3 courses4 fields

  • Open

    Sorani

    Sorani, or Central Kurdish, is usually written in an Arabic-based Kurdish alphabet.

    3 courses3 fields

  • Open

    Southern Kurdish

    Southern Kurdish varieties, including Kalhuri and Feyli, are spoken mainly in western Iran and eastern Iraq.

    1 course3 fields

  • Open

    Zazaki and Gorani

    Zazaki and Gorani, including Hawrami, are spoken in Kurdish communities, and linguists debate how they relate to Kurdish.

    2 courses4 fields

  • Open

    Kurdish scripts

    Kurdish is written in three scripts: Latin, Arabic-based and Cyrillic.

    1 course5 fields

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Kurdish language and linguistics. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-linguistics/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Kurdish Language and Linguistics.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-linguistics/.

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Kurdish language and linguistics},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-linguistics/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-linguistics/},
}

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08Research 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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