Kurdish language

language of Kurds

Kurdish language spoken in Iraq and Iran

Kurmanji (, ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the most widely spoken form of Kurdish.

Iranian language

variety of Kurdish comprising several dialects of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken in the south of Kurdistan (in upper Mesopotamia, to the west of Iran and east of Iraq)

written and orally transmitted literature in Kurdish languages

one of the several writing systems used for Kurdish languages

British linguist (1926–2001)

Kurdology or Kurdish studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Kurds and consists of several disciplines such as culture, history and linguistics. Kurdish studies traces its institutional history to 1916, when in St. Petersburg in the late Russian Empire, during World War I, Kurdology was first taught as a university course by Joseph Orbeli.

Northwestern Iranian language

zabowate (1801–1894)

Professor Emeritus, orientalist (1932–2024)

thumb|Dengbêj performing Dengbêj () is a Kurdish music genre sung by Dengbêjs - singing storytellers. There have been many terms to describe Dengbêjs throughout history, and today, several singing storytellers use Dengbêj as part of their own (artistic) name. Dengbêjs are viewed as a way to transmit the traditions of their Kurdish ancestors in times as it was not possible to publish in Kurdish or about Kurdish history. Since many documents about certain Kurdish events don't exist, there are attempts to analyze them through the songs of the Dengbêjs. Their songs pertain to Kurdish geography, hi

one of the Kurdish languages

phonology of the Kurdish language

Southern Kurdish dialect of Iran

Grammar of the Kurdish language