Behdini

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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 Badînî
surface form: Badini

Badînî
Bahdini
Behdini
surface form: Bahdînî
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
Central Kurdish (Sorani)
surface form: Sorani Kurdish

Turkish language
surface form: Turkish
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
vowel length distinctions
ISO639Status covered by Kurmanji (kmr)
languageBranch Western Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Iranian languages
languageGroup Kurdish
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Kurmanji varieties (to a significant degree)
primaryStatusInRegion major vernacular of Dohuk area
region Bahdinan region
Duhok
surface form: Dohuk region
spokenBy Kurdish communities
Kurds in Dohuk region
spokenIn Duhok
surface form: Dohuk Governorate

Duhok
surface form: Dohuk city

Kurdistan
surface form: Iraqi 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 Behdini
this entity surface form: Bahdînî
Serhedi hasNameInKurdish Behdini
this entity surface form: Serhedî