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It is the most widely spoken form of Kurdish. Kurmanji is also the common and ceremonial language of Yazidis. [12] Their sacred book Mishefa Reş and all prayers are written and spoken in Kurmanji. [13]
It is also spoken in northeast Iran, as well as in certain areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Kurdish varieties constitute a dialect continuum, [13] with some mutually unintelligible varieties, [11] and collectively have 26 million native speakers. [14] The main varieties of Kurdish are Kurmanji, Sorani, and Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn).
Kurdish (specifically Kurmanji) is the second most spoken language in Syria. [1] It is spoken particularly in the northeast and northwest of the country within the Kurdish minority. [2]. Kurdish is banned in government institutions. [11].
The current President is Nechirvan ... and Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), other Kurdish dialects and languages spoken in the region by small communities are ...
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.
88.7% of Kurds in Kazakhstan speak the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish as their mother tongue. Places in Kazakhstan in which Kurds are a substantial part of the population often teach Kurdish literature and the Kurdish Language in primary and secondary schools. Since 1990, there has also been a Kurdish newspaper in Kazakhstan named "Kurdistan". [41 ...
Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia ... a Kurdish linguistic magazine; Kurmanji (also known as Northern Kurdish), a Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey, Iran ...
The majority of Syrian Kurds speak Kurmanji, a Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey and northeastern Iraq and Iran. [ 26 ] It is estimated that at the beginning of the 20th century around 12,000 Kurds lived in Damascus ; an unknown number of Kurds lived in the Kurd-Dagh region; 16,000 Kurds lived in the Jarabulus region; and an unknown number lived ...