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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Kurdish 2
Central Kurdish 1
Central Kurdish (Sorani) 1

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 (16)

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

Kurmanji → alternativeName → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kurdish
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish
Khorasani Turkic → hasMajorContactLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorasani Kurdish
this entity surface form: Kurdish languages
Kurdistan → hasPrimaryLanguage → Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurmanji → languageGroup → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Kurdish
Göklen dialect → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Kurdish language ⓘ
Kurds → majorDialect → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Kurdish
Sorani → partOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
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)
Kurmanji → subdivisionOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
Sorani → subdivisionOf → Kurdish language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurdish
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Kurdish language ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Kurdish language ⓘ