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The first proper text in Kurmanji is a Christian missionary prayer in the Armenian script from the first half of the 14th century. [17] A growing interest in the use of Kurmanji in literature began from the 14th century on when Kurdistan had relative political stability and economic prosperity.
Southern Kurdish (Kurdish: کوردی باشووری, romanized: Kurdî Başûrî) [2] is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. [3] The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in Iran.
The main varieties of Kurdish are Kurmanji, Sorani, and Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn). The majority of the Kurds speak Kurmanji, [15] and most Kurdish texts are written in Kurmanji and Sorani. Kurmanji is written in the Hawar alphabet, a derivation of the Latin script, and Sorani is written in the Sorani alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script.
Kurmanji Distinguishes between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops , which can be aspirated in all positions. Thus /p/ contrasts with /pʰ/ , /t/ with /tʰ/ , /k/ with /kʰ/ , and the affricate /t͡ʃ/ with /t͡ʃʰ/ .
The original one was founded in January 2004. As of February 2025, the Kurmanji Wikipedia has 90,501 articles and Sorani Wikipedia has 74,105 articles. [1] There are also two other Wikipedia editions for Zazaki and Southern Kurdish with the latter still in the test phase.
Kurd Mountain is known locally as Çiyayê Kurmênc meaning “Mountain of the Kurmanj” after the name of the spoken dialect in the region called Kurmanji, which is one of the Kurdish language dialects. [1] map of the Ottoman Vilayet of Aleppo showing Kurd Dagh under name of كرد طاغى, Kurd Dağ.
A 2005 study genetically examined three different groups of Zaza (n= 27) and Kurmanji speakers in Turkey and Kurmanji speakers in Georgia. In the study, mtDNA HV1 sequences, eleven Y chromosome bi-allelic markers and 9 Y-STR loci were analyzed to investigate lineage relationship among these Iranian-speaking groups.
Zaza (endonym: Zazakî, Dimlî, Dimilkî, Kirmanckî or Kirdkî) [4] [5] is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey by the Zazas, who are commonly considered as Kurds, and in many cases identify as such.