Central Kurdish (Sorani)

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Kurdish language variety language variety modern Iranian language

Central Kurdish (Sorani) is a major standardized variety of the Kurdish language, widely spoken in parts of Iraq and Iran and used in education, media, and official contexts.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Kurdish 2
Sorani Kurdish 5
Central Kurdish dialect continuum 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish language variety ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
modern Iranian language ⓘ
alternateName Central Kurdish (Sorani) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sorani NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) NERFINISHED ⓘ
directionality right-to-left ⓘ
glottocode cent1972 ⓘ
hasDialect Ardalani dialect ⓘ
Mukri dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulaymani dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ
suffixal definite marker ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
hasStandardFormBasedOn Sulaymani dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-2Code kur ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ckb ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Iranian languages ⓘ
lessCloselyRelatedTo Southern Kurdish NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialStatusIn Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Kurdish language ⓘ
primaryScript Arabic script ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion Erbil Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halabja Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kermanshah Province, Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurdistan Province, Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurdistan Region of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulaymaniyah Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizedIn Iraqi Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroupOf Southern Kurdish dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Iraqi Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInAdministrationIn Iraqi Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInEducationIn Iraqi Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInMediaIn Iraqi Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInWritingFor broadcast media ⓘ
education ⓘ
official documents ⓘ
print media ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script–based alphabet ⓘ
Sorani alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Southern Kurdish → closelyRelatedTo → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
Hawrami dialect → distinctFrom → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurdish
Duhok → hasLanguage → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorani Kurdish
Behdini → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorani Kurdish
Western Iranian languages → hasSubdivision → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorani Kurdish
Hewrami → isDistinctFrom → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
Kirkuk → languageSpoken → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
Kirkuk dialect → partOf → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurdish dialect continuum
Hewrami → shiftPressureFrom → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorani Kurdish
Kirkuk dialect → subclassOf → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kurdish
Kirkuk dialect → subclassOf → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sorani Kurdish
Arabic Yaʼ → usedInLanguage → Central Kurdish (Sorani) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurdish (Sorani)