Gorani

E41273

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gorani canonical	12
Gorani language	9
Gorani dialect continuum	1
Gorani–Kurdish linguistic sphere	1
Gorani–Zaza languages	1

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 ⓘ Bajelani dialect ⓘ surface form: Sarli dialect Bajelani dialect ⓘ surface form: Shabaki dialect Bajelani dialect ⓘ surface form: 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 language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasRegion	Hawraman region ⓘ Kermanshah ⓘ surface form: Kermanshah Province Kurdistan Province (Iran) ⓘ Kurdistan ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Region (Iraq) Sulaymaniyah ⓘ surface form: 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 (24)

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

Kurds → majorDialect → Gorani ⓘ

Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Bosniaks → relatedEthnicGroup → Gorani ⓘ

Kurdish language → hasDialect → Gorani ⓘ

Zazaki → closelyRelatedTo → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Northwestern Iranian languages → hasMajorSubgroup → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Torbeši → relatedGroup → Gorani ⓘ

Hewrami → subdivisionOf → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Hewrami → relatedTo → Gorani ⓘ

Hawrami → subdivisionOf → Gorani ⓘ

Hawrami → closelyRelatedTo → Gorani ⓘ

Avromani → alsoKnownAs → Gorani ⓘ

Hawrami dialect → subclassOf → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Hawrami dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Gorani ⓘ

Bajelani dialect → subdivisionOf → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Bajelani dialect → partOf → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani dialect continuum

Bajelani dialect → hasLinguisticRelationWith → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Bajelani dialect → belongsTo → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani–Kurdish linguistic sphere

Hawraman region → language → Gorani ⓘ

Yarsanism → usesLanguage → Gorani ⓘ

Ahl-e Haqq → hasSacredLanguage → Gorani ⓘ

Bajelani language → relatedTo → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language

Western Iranian languages → hasSubdivision → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani–Zaza languages

Western Iranian languages → hasSubdivision → Gorani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorani language