Kurdish

Also known as Kurdi, Kurdish language, Kurdish dialects, Kurdish languages

language of Kurds

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Kurdish is the language spoken by Kurds, an ethnic group primarily living in a region spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran. It matters because understanding Kurdish is important for understanding the culture, history, and current affairs of the millions of Kurds across the Middle East, particularly in ongoing political and humanitarian discussions in that region.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Northwestern Iranian
Has part: Gorani
Country: Syria
Image: Kurdish Language.svg

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has grammatical gender: feminine
category for films in this language: Category:Kurdish-language films
writing system: Cyrillic script
Commons category: Kurdish language
Wikimedia language code: ckb
native label: کوردی
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 21000000
topic's main category: Category:Kurdish language
linguistic typology: fusional language
exact match: afbo.info/languages/143
indigenous to: Kurds
P10369: English
P11012: Category:Ungulates
has grammatical case: vocative case
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
studied by: Kurdish studies

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Kurdish (Kurdî, کوردی, pronounced [kʊrdiː] ) is a Northwestern Iranian language or group of languages spoken by Kurds in the region of Kurdistan, namely in southeast Turkey, northern Iraq, northwest Iran, and northern Syria. It is also spoken in northeast Iran, as well as in certain areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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