Kurmanji

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Kurmanji is the most widely spoken dialect of the Kurdish language, used primarily by Kurds across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the diaspora.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kurmanji canonical 16
Kurmanji Kurdish 13
Badînî Kurmanji 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish dialect
language variety
alternativeName Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji

Northern Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
closelyRelatedTo Sorani
Southern Kurdish
ethnicGroup Kurds
hasCases true
hasDialect Badînî
Behdini
Botani
Hekari
Serhedi
hasGrammaticalGender true
ISO639-3Code kmr
languageBranch Western Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Iranian languages
languageGroup Northern Kurdish
linked to: Kurdish language
majorCenter Diyarbakır
Erbil
Mardin
Qamishli
Van
notableFeature ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
rich system of verb inflection
use of enclitic pronouns
numberOfGenders 2
primaryCountryOfUse Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Germany
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Syria
Turkey
diaspora communities
region Anatolia
Northern Iraq
linked to: northern Iraq

Northern Syria
linked to: northern Syria

Northwestern Iran
linked to: western Iran

Upper Mesopotamia
scriptStandardizationCenter Kurdish diaspora in Europe
SOVWordOrder true
standardizedOrthography Hawar alphabet
subdivisionOf Kurdish language
usedInEducation Kurdish-language schools and courses
usedInMedia Kurdish satellite television
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Kurds majorDialect Kurmanji
Kurdish language hasDialect Kurmanji
Kurdish language majorDialect Kurmanji
Kurmanji alternativeName Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Sorani closelyRelatedTo Kurmanji
Yazidism hasSacredLanguage Kurmanci Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Kurdistan hasLanguage Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji supportsPhonologyOf Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Kurdish Peshmerga usesLanguage Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Badînî subclassOf Kurmanji
Badînî dialectOf Kurmanji
Badînî hasAlternativeName Badînî Kurmanji
linked to: Kurmanji
Hawar alphabet standardFor Kurmanji in Syria
linked to: Kurmanji
Behdini subdivisionOf Kurmanji
Botani partOf Kurmanji
Serhedi partOf Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Serhedi hasStandardForm Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Hawrami dialect distinctFrom Kurmanji
Yazidis primaryLanguage Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Sinjar languageCommonlySpoken Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Yazidi diaspora in Europe usesLanguage Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Lalish languageUsed Kurmanji
Western Iranian languages hasSubdivision Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Dimlî isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Hekari partOf Kurmanji
Hekari closelyRelatedTo Kurmanji
Duhok hasMajorLanguage Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji
Sivas Province languageSpoken Kurmanji Kurdish
linked to: Kurmanji