Kurdish language

E27174
Indo-Iranian language Iranian language Western Iranian language natural language

The Kurdish language is an Indo-Iranian language spoken by Kurds across parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and neighboring regions, with several major dialects and multiple writing systems.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Kurdish language canonical 11
Kurdish 5
Kurdish languages 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
Western Iranian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
branchOf Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Balochi ⓘ
surface form: Balochi language

Persian language ⓘ
family Kurdic languages ⓘ
hasDialect Gorani ⓘ
Kurmanji ⓘ
Sorani ⓘ
Southern Kurdish ⓘ
Zazaki ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature case system (in Kurmanji) ⓘ
ergative alignment (in some dialects) ⓘ
gender distinctions (in Kurmanji) ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
ISO639-1 ku ⓘ
ISO639-2 kur ⓘ
ISO639-3 kur ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Turkish language ⓘ
surface form: Turkish
majorDialect Kurmanji ⓘ
Sorani ⓘ
spokenBy Kurds ⓘ
spokenIn Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
diaspora communities in Europe ⓘ
standardForm Kurdish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Kurdish (Sorani)

Kurdish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
subfamilyOf Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
usedAs official language in Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ
regional language in parts of Iran ⓘ
regional language in parts of Syria ⓘ
regional language in parts of Turkey ⓘ
writingStandard Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Sorani alphabet for Central Kurdish
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Armenian script ⓘ
Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurds → majorDialect → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Kurdish
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish
Kurdish language → standardForm → Kurdish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurdish (Sorani)
Kurdish language → standardForm → Kurdish language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurmanji → subdivisionOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurmanji → languageGroup → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kurdish
Kurmanji → alternativeName → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kurdish
Northwestern Iranian languages → hasMajorSubgroup → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish languages
Northwestern Iranian languages → hasMajorSubgroup → Kurdish language ⓘ
Sorani → subdivisionOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurdish
Sorani → partOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurdistan → hasPrimaryLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
Göklen dialect → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Kurdish language ⓘ
Khorasani Turkic → hasMajorContactLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorasani Kurdish
Luri language → sharesFeaturesWith → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish languages
Southern Kurdish → closelyRelatedTo → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Badînî → languageGroup → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish languages
Hawar alphabet → primaryScriptFor → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish
Behdini → subdivisionOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
Serhedi → subclassOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish dialect
Bajelani dialect → languageGroup → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish languages
Bajelani language → relatedTo → Kurdish language ⓘ
Yazidis → alternativeName → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Êzidî
Hasakah → officialLanguageOfAdministration → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish
Western Iranian languages → hasSubdivision → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish languages
Iraqi people → language → Kurdish language ⓘ
Iraqi people → officialLanguageOfState → Kurdish language ⓘ
Jilu dialect → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish
Anfal genocide → victimGroupEthnicity → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish
Common Voice dataset → hasLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish