Gorani

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Iranian language Kurdish language variety Northwestern Iranian language Western Iranian language

Gorani is a Northwestern Iranian language variety traditionally spoken by Kurdish communities in parts of Iran and Iraq, notable for its rich literary and religious heritage.

Aliases (1)

Gorani language ×3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian language → Kurdish language variety → Northwestern Iranian language → Western Iranian language →
closelyRelatedTo	Kurdish dialects → Zaza →
hasAlternativeName	Avromani → Hawrami → Hewrami →
hasDialect	Bajelani dialect → Hawrami dialect → Sarli dialect → Shabaki dialect → Zengana dialect →
hasFeature	ergative alignment in past tenses → extensive use of enclitics → rich case system →
hasGlottocode	hora1239 →
hasISOCode	hac →
hasLiteraryTradition	classical Kurdish literature → religious poetry →
hasMorphologyType	fusional →
hasNotableWork	Gorani religious hymns →
hasPhylum	Indo-European languages →
hasRegion	Hawraman region → Kermanshah Province → Kurdistan Province (Iran) → Kurdistan Region (Iraq) → Sulaymaniyah Governorate →
hasReligionAssociated	Ahl-e Haqq → Yarsanism →
hasScriptType	Arabic-based alphabet →
hasSOVWordOrder	true →
hasWritingSystem	Perso-Arabic script →
isEndangered	true →
isHistoricallyImportantFor	Kurdish classical poetry → Kurdish religious literature →
languageBranch	Northwestern Iranian languages →
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages → Iranian languages →
spokenBy	Kurdish communities →
spokenIn	Iran → Iraq →
status	minority language →
subclassOf	Kurdish →
usedAs	liturgical language →
usedIn	Ahl-e Haqq religious literature → Yarsan religious texts →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Zazaki ("Gorani language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Kurdish language →	hasDialect
Iranian languages ("Gorani language") →	hasMajorLanguage
Northwestern Iranian languages ("Gorani language") →	hasMajorSubgroup
Kurds →	majorDialect
Bosniaks →	relatedEthnicGroup