Kurdish is divided into three groups, where dialects from different groups are not mutually intelligiblewithout acquired bilingualism. 1. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) is the largest dial… 展开

Zaza–Gorani languages, which are spoken by communities in the wider area who identify as … 展开

During his stay in Damascus, historian Ibn Wahshiyyacame across two books on agriculture written in Kurdish, one on the culture of the vine and the palm tree, and the other on wat… 展开

Today, Sorani is an official language in Iraq. In Syria, on the other hand, publishing materials in Kurdish is forbidden, though this prohibition is not enforced any more due to the Syria… 展开

The Kurdish language has been written using four different writing systems. In Iraq and Iran it is written using an Arabic script, composed by Sa'id Kaban Sedqi. More recently, it is so… 展开