Kurmanji

E40527

Kurdish dialect language variety

Kurmanji is the most widely spoken dialect of the Kurdish language, used primarily by Kurds across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the diaspora.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kurdish dialect → language variety →
alternativeName	Kurmanji Kurdish → Northern Kurdish →
closelyRelatedTo	Sorani → Southern Kurdish →
ethnicGroup	Kurds →
hasCases	true →
hasDialect	Badînî → Behdini → Botani → Hekari → Serhedi →
hasGrammaticalGender	true →
ISO639-3Code	kmr →
languageBranch	Western Iranian languages →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages → Iranian languages →
languageGroup	Northern Kurdish →
majorCenter	Diyarbakır → Erbil → Mardin → Qamishli → Van →
notableFeature	ergative alignment in past transitive constructions → rich system of verb inflection → use of enclitic pronouns →
numberOfGenders	2 →
primaryCountryOfUse	Armenia → Azerbaijan → Georgia → Germany → Iran → Iraq → Lebanon → Syria → Turkey → diaspora communities →
region	Anatolia → Northern Iraq → Northern Syria → Northwestern Iran → Upper Mesopotamia →
scriptStandardizationCenter	Kurdish diaspora in Europe →
SOVWordOrder	true →
standardizedOrthography	Hawar alphabet →
subdivisionOf	Kurdish language →
usedInEducation	Kurdish-language schools and courses →
usedInMedia	Kurdish satellite television →
writingSystem	Arabic script → Latin alphabet →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kurdish language → Kurds →	majorDialect
Kurmanji ("Kurmanji Kurdish") →	alternativeName
Sorani →	closelyRelatedTo
Kurdish language →	hasDialect
Kurdistan ("Kurmanji Kurdish") →	hasLanguage
Yazidism ("Kurmanci Kurdish") →	hasSacredLanguage