Where is Southern Kurdish spoken?
Where is Southern Kurdish spoken?
Where is Southern Kurdish spoken?
Iraq
Southern Kurdish (Kurdish: زۆڤان کوردیی باشووری ,کوردی خوارگ, romanized: Zûwane Kurdîy başûrî, Kurdiy xwarig), also known as Kurdiy xwarîn is a Kurdish dialect predominantly spoken in eastern Iraq and western Iran.
How many Kurdish dialects are there?
There are two main Kurdish dialects (Kurmanji and Sorani), as well as some peripheral ones (e.g. Pahlewani, Zazaki and Hewrami /Gorani). Kurmanji is the language of the vast majority of Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, and of a few in Iraq and Iran, with an estimated 15-17 million speakers in total.
Is Kurdish banned in Turkey?
The words “Kurds”, “Kurdistan”, and “Kurdish” were officially banned by the Turkish government. Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish language was officially prohibited in public and private life. Many people who spoke, published, or sang in Kurdish were arrested and imprisoned.
How many Kurds live in Europe?
one million Kurds
Of the approximately one million Kurds living in Europe, more than 600,000 live in Germany. More than 500,000 came from Turkey because Germany’s labor recruiting program was the largest to concern Turkey.
How do you say hello in Kurdish Sorani?
Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person)….Useful Sorani Kurdish phrases.
| English | Soranî (Sorani / Central Kurdish) |
|---|---|
| Hello (General greeting) | Sillaw Ew kata bash Em kata bash (Çonî?) چۆنی |
| Hello (on phone) | Elu |
How many Kurds have Turkey killed?
2,583 Kurdish
According to Turkish government sources, between July 2015 and May 2016, 2,583 Kurdish insurgents were killed in Turkey and 2,366 in Iraq, as well as 483 members of the Turkish security forces.
What does chony mean in Kurdish?
“çawanî=chawani” it means “how are you”