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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kurmanji canonical 16
Kurmanji Kurdish 13
Badînî Kurmanji 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish dialect ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
alternativeName Kurmanji ⓘ
surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish

Kurdish language ⓘ
surface form: Northern Kurdish
closelyRelatedTo Sorani ⓘ
Southern Kurdish ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kurds ⓘ
hasCases true ⓘ
hasDialect Badînî ⓘ
Behdini ⓘ
Botani ⓘ
Hekari ⓘ
Serhedi ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender true ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kmr ⓘ
languageBranch Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Iranian languages ⓘ
languageGroup Kurdish language ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iraq

northern Syria ⓘ
surface form: Northern Syria

western Iran ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Kurds → majorDialect → Kurmanji ⓘ
Kurdish language → hasDialect → Kurmanji ⓘ
Kurdish language → majorDialect → Kurmanji ⓘ
Kurmanji → alternativeName → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Sorani → closelyRelatedTo → Kurmanji ⓘ
Yazidism → hasSacredLanguage → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanci Kurdish
Kurdistan → hasLanguage → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji → dialect → Kurmanji ⓘ
Hawar alphabet for Kurmanji → supportsPhonologyOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Kurdish Peshmerga → usesLanguage → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Badînî → subclassOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
Badînî → dialectOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
Badînî → hasAlternativeName → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Badînî Kurmanji
Hawar alphabet → writingSystemFor → Kurmanji ⓘ
Hawar alphabet → languageVariety → Kurmanji ⓘ
Hawar alphabet → standardFor → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji in Syria
Behdini → subdivisionOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
Botani → partOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
Botani → hasLinguisticRelationWith → Kurmanji ⓘ
Serhedi → partOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Serhedi → hasStandardForm → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Hawrami dialect → distinctFrom → Kurmanji ⓘ
Yazidis → primaryLanguage → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Sinjar → languageCommonlySpoken → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Yazidi diaspora in Europe → usesLanguage → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Lalish → languageUsed → Kurmanji ⓘ
Western Iranian languages → hasSubdivision → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Dimlî → isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Hekari → partOf → Kurmanji ⓘ
Hekari → closelyRelatedTo → Kurmanji ⓘ
Duhok → hasMajorLanguage → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
Sivas Province → languageSpoken → Kurmanji ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish