Sorani
E40075
Sorani is a central variety of the Kurdish language widely spoken in parts of Iraq and Iran and used in literature, media, and education among Kurdish communities.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sorani Kurdish | 3 |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kurdish language variety
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Kurmanji ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kirkuk dialect
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Kurdish
Sorani ⓘ
surface form:
Sorani Kurdish
|
| hasCaseSystem | reduced case marking ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Arbil dialect
ⓘ
Kirkuk dialect ⓘ Mukriani dialect ⓘ Sulaymaniyah dialect ⓘ |
| hasGrammarType | subject–object–verb word order ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | agglutinative language features ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Turkish language ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
ergative alignment remnants
ⓘ
suffixal definite marker ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | vowel harmony absence ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEffortsBy | Kurdish academies in Iraq ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ckb ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Iranian languages ⓘ Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ Western Iranian languages ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially intelligible with other Kurdish varieties ⓘ |
| partOf | Kurdish language ⓘ |
| primaryStatusIn | one of main written standards of Kurdish ⓘ |
| region | Central Kurdish-speaking area ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Iran
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ Kurdistan Province (Iran) ⓘ
surface form:
Kurdistan Province of Iran
Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq
|
| standardizedIn |
Kurdistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Kurdistan Region of Iraq
|
| subdivisionOf |
Kurdish language
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Kurdish
|
| taughtAt | universities in Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kurdish diaspora communities
ⓘ
Kurdish people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Kurdish broadcasting in Iraq
ⓘ
Kurdish press in Iraq ⓘ |
| usedIn |
administration in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
ⓘ
education ⓘ literature ⓘ media ⓘ |
| uses | postpositions more than prepositions ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Perso-Arabic script
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic-based Sorani alphabet
|
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sorani Kurdish
this entity surface form:
Sorani Kurdish
this entity surface form:
Sorani Kurdish
this entity surface form:
Kurdish (Sorani)