Bajelani language
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The Bajelani language is a lesser-known Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily by Kurdish communities in parts of Iraq and Iran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bajelani language canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian language
ⓘ
Northwestern Iranian language ⓘ Western Iranian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Western Iranian branch ⓘ |
| branchOf | Iranian languages ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| family |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | often grouped with other Kurdish varieties ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
case marking on nouns
ⓘ
ergative alignment tendencies ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasTypology | subject–object–verb word order ⓘ |
| isSpokenPrimarilyBy |
Kurds
ⓘ
surface form:
Bajelani-speaking Kurds
|
| languageFamilyLevel | Northwestern Iranian ⓘ |
| macroArea | Middle East ⓘ |
| region |
northern Iraq
ⓘ
western Iran ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gorani
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorani language
Kurdish language ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kurdish communities ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Iran
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| status | lesser-known language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic Kurds ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.