Kirkuk dialect

E217224

dialect regional variety of Central Kurdish variety of Sorani

The Kirkuk dialect is a regional variety of Central Kurdish (Sorani) spoken in and around the city of Kirkuk, distinguished by its unique phonological and lexical features.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Central Kurdish	1
Erbil dialect	1
Kirkuk dialect canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ regional variety of Central Kurdish ⓘ variety of Sorani ⓘ
belongsToEthnicGroup	Kurdish people of Kirkuk ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kirkuk dialect self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Erbil dialect Sulaymaniyah dialect ⓘ other Central Kurdish dialects ⓘ
distinguishedBy	unique lexical features ⓘ unique phonological features ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	multilingual city of Kirkuk ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kirkuk Central Kurdish dialect ⓘ Kirkuk Sorani dialect ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	loanwords from Arabic ⓘ loanwords from Turkish ⓘ loanwords from other regional languages ⓘ unique local vocabulary items ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinct consonant realization compared to standard Sorani ⓘ distinct vowel quality compared to standard Sorani ⓘ
influencedBy	contact with Arabic ⓘ contact with Turkish ⓘ contact with Turkmen ⓘ
languageCodeStatus	no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Kurdish languages ⓘ Northwest Iranian languages ⓘ Western Iranian languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility	largely intelligible with other Sorani varieties ⓘ
partOf	Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ surface form: Central Kurdish dialect continuum Sorani dialect continuum ⓘ
region	city of Kirkuk and surrounding areas ⓘ
spokenBy	Kurdish population of Kirkuk Governorate ⓘ Kurds in Kirkuk ⓘ
spokenIn	Iraq ⓘ Kirkuk ⓘ Kirkuk ⓘ surface form: Kirkuk Governorate northern Iraq ⓘ
standardizationLevel	low ⓘ
status	primarily spoken, not strongly standardized ⓘ
subclassOf	Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ surface form: Central Kurdish Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ surface form: Sorani Kurdish
usedIn	everyday communication in Kirkuk’s Kurdish community ⓘ informal media and social communication ⓘ local oral traditions ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic-based Kurdish script ⓘ Sorani Kurdish alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sorani → hasDialects → Kirkuk dialect ⓘ

Sorani → hasAlternativeName → Kirkuk dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Kurdish

Kirkuk dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Kirkuk dialect self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Erbil dialect