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'''Southern Kurdish''' ({{lang-ku|زۆڤان کوردیی باشووری ,کوردی خوارگ|Zûwane Kurdîy başûrî, Kurdiy xwarig}}),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kurdish, Southern|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/SDH|access-date=21 August 2020|website=Ethnologue}}</ref> also known as '''Kurdiy xwarîn''' is a ] dialect predominantly spoken in Eastern ] and Western ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurdish language i. History of the Kurdish language |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-language-i |publisher=] |access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref> In Iran, it is spoken in the provinces of ] and ]. In Iraq, it is spoken in the region of ], all the way to ]. It is also the dialect of the populous ] ''Kakayî tribes'' near ] and most ] Kurds in Kermanshah Province. There are also populous diasporas of Southern Kurdish-speakers found in the ] mountains. | '''Southern Kurdish''' ({{lang-ku|زۆڤان کوردیی باشووری ,کوردی خوارگ|Zûwane Kurdîy başûrî, Kurdiy xwarig}}),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kurdish, Southern|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/SDH|access-date=21 August 2020|website=Ethnologue}}</ref> or "Pehlewani", also known as '''Kurdiy xwarîn''' is a ] dialect predominantly spoken in Eastern ] and Western ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurdish language i. History of the Kurdish language |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-language-i |publisher=] |access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref> In Iran, it is spoken in the provinces of ] and ]. In Iraq, it is spoken in the region of ], all the way to ]. It is also the dialect of the populous ] ''Kakayî tribes'' near ] and most ] Kurds in Kermanshah Province. There are also populous diasporas of Southern Kurdish-speakers found in the ] mountains. | ||
Native speakers use various different alphabets to write Southern Kurdish, the most common ones are extensions of the standard ]. | Native speakers use various different alphabets to write Southern Kurdish, the most common ones are extensions of the standard ]. |
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Dialect of the Kurdish languageSouthern Kurdish (Pehlewani) | |||
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Native to | Eastern Iraq, Western Iran | ||
Region | Kurdistan | ||
Native speakers | 3,000,000 in Iran, 350,000 in Turkey, Iraq | ||
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Perso-Arabic (Sorani alphabet) | ||
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ISO 639-3 | sdh | ||
Glottolog | sout2640 | ||
Linguasphere | 58-AAA-c | ||
Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds
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Southern Kurdish (Template:Lang-ku), or "Pehlewani", also known as Kurdiy xwarîn is a Kurdish dialect predominantly spoken in Eastern Iraq and Western Iran. In Iran, it is spoken in the provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam. In Iraq, it is spoken in the region of Khanaqin, all the way to Mandali. It is also the dialect of the populous Kurdish Kakayî tribes near Kirkuk and most Yarsani Kurds in Kermanshah Province. There are also populous diasporas of Southern Kurdish-speakers found in the Alburz mountains.
Native speakers use various different alphabets to write Southern Kurdish, the most common ones are extensions of the standard Kurdish alphabets.
Dialects
The subdialects of Southern Kurdish are:
- Kermanshahi is spoken mostly in Western Iran, in and around the city of Kermanshah.
- Feyli: referring to the Feyli tribe; also known as Ilami, after Ilam Province. It is spoken in Eastern Iraq in the Khanaqin region of Diyala Governorate near the Iranian border and in Western Iran in Ilam province and parts of Kermanshah province, by the Feyli Kurds. Mahaki is a sub-dialect. It is spoken by the tribe of Ali Sherwan (Beyrey) in Ilam and by almost all Feyli Kurds in Baghdad, Mandali, Badrah and Zorbatiah in Iraq. It shares many features with Sorani.
- Garrusi
- Malekshahi
- Sanjâbi: referring to the language of the Sanjâbi tribe.
- Laki
- Kalhori referring to the Kalhor tribe.
See also
Sources
- Kamandar Fattah, Les Dialectes kurdes méridionaux: étude linguistique et dialectologique. Louvain, Peeters, 2000, p. 55-62.
References
- Southern Kurdish (Pehlewani) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- "Kurdish, Southern". Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- "Kurdish language i. History of the Kurdish language". Iranica Online. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "OLAC resources in and about the Southern Kurdish language". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- Vahid-e-Ranjbar, Dastur-e Zaban-e Kurdi-ye Kermanshahi. Kermanshah: Taq-Bostan. 1388
External links
- Information regarding Southern Kurdish
- Kurdish Academy of Language describing Southern Kurdish
- Audio recordings of wordlists and narratives in Southern Kurdish, archived with Kaipuleohone
- southern Kurdish Misplaced Pages
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