Behdini

E204711

Behdini is a Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) dialect spoken primarily by Kurdish communities in and around the Dohuk region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bahdînî 1
Behdini canonical 1
Serhedî 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurmanji dialect ⓘ
Northern Kurdish dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
alternativeName Badini ⓘ
linked to: Badînî

Badînî ⓘ
Bahdini ⓘ
Bahdînî ⓘ
linked to: Behdini
closelyRelatedTo Badînî ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culturalRole marker of regional Kurdish identity in Bahdinan ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature case marking on nouns ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
two grammatical genders ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Sorani Kurdish ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
linked to: Turkish language
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ
ISO639Status covered by Kurmanji (kmr) ⓘ
languageBranch Western Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Kurdish ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Kurmanji varieties (to a significant degree) ⓘ
primaryStatusInRegion major vernacular of Dohuk area ⓘ
region Bahdinan region ⓘ
Dohuk region ⓘ
linked to: Duhok
spokenBy Kurdish communities ⓘ
Kurds in Dohuk region ⓘ
spokenIn Dohuk Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Duhok

Dohuk city ⓘ
linked to: Duhok

Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ
linked to: Kurdistan

northern Iraq ⓘ
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography ⓘ
subdivisionOf Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurmanji ⓘ
Northern Kurdish ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local media in Dohuk region ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
religious sermons in some local mosques ⓘ
usedInEducation some local schools and informal settings in Dohuk region ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Sorani-based Arabic alphabet (adapted) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurmanji → hasDialect → Behdini ⓘ
Behdini → alternativeName → Bahdînî ⓘ
linked to: Behdini
Serhedi → hasNameInKurdish → Serhedî ⓘ
linked to: Behdini