Kurdish language

E27174

The Kurdish language is an Indo-Iranian language spoken by Kurds across parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and neighboring regions, with several major dialects and multiple writing systems.

All labels observed (12)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian language
Iranian language
Western Iranian language
natural language
branchOf Indo-Iranian languages
closelyRelatedTo Balochi language
linked to: Balochi

Persian language
family Kurdic languages
hasDialect Gorani
Kurmanji
Sorani
Southern Kurdish
Zazaki
hasGrammaticalFeature case system (in Kurmanji)
ergative alignment (in some dialects)
gender distinctions (in Kurmanji)
postpositions
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
vowel length contrast
ISO639-1 ku
ISO639-2 kur
ISO639-3 kur
languageFamily Indo-European languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Turkish
linked to: Turkish language
majorDialect Kurmanji
Sorani
spokenBy Kurds
spokenIn Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
diaspora communities in Europe
standardForm Central Kurdish (Sorani)
linked to: Kurdish language

Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
linked to: Kurdish language
subfamilyOf Northwestern Iranian languages
usedAs official language in Iraqi Kurdistan
regional language in parts of Iran
regional language in parts of Syria
regional language in parts of Turkey
writingStandard Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji
Sorani alphabet for Central Kurdish
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
writingSystem Arabic script
Armenian script
Cyrillic script
Latin script

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

Perso-Arabic script usedFor Kurdish language
Kurds majorDialect Southern Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Google Translate availableLanguage Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Kurdish language standardForm Central Kurdish (Sorani)
linked to: Kurdish language
Kurdish language standardForm Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
linked to: Kurdish language
Arabic alphabet usedFor Kurdish language
Kurmanji subdivisionOf Kurdish language
Kurmanji languageGroup Northern Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Kurmanji alternativeName Northern Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Northwestern Iranian languages hasMajorSubgroup Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language
Sorani subdivisionOf Central Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Sorani partOf Kurdish language
Kurdistan hasPrimaryLanguage Kurdish language
Göklen dialect lexicalInfluenceFrom Kurdish language
Khorasani Turkic hasMajorContactLanguage Khorasani Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Luri language sharesFeaturesWith Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language
Southern Kurdish closelyRelatedTo Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
linked to: Kurdish language
Badînî languageGroup Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language
Hawar alphabet primaryScriptFor Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Behdini subdivisionOf Kurdish language
Serhedi subclassOf Kurmanji Kurdish dialect
linked to: Kurdish language
Bajelani dialect languageGroup Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language
Bajelani language relatedTo Kurdish language
Yazidis alternativeName Êzidî
linked to: Kurdish language
Hasakah officialLanguageOfAdministration Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Western Iranian languages hasSubdivision Kurdish languages
linked to: Kurdish language
Iraqi people language Kurdish language
Iraqi people officialLanguageOfState Kurdish language
Jilu dialect lexicalBorrowingFrom Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Anfal genocide victimGroupEthnicity Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
Common Voice dataset hasLanguage Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language