Kurdish Language

The Kurdish languages (Kurdish: زمانی کوردی ,Zimanê kurdî‎) constitute a dialect continuum, belonging to the Iranian language family, spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. The three Kurdish languages are Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), Central Kurdish (Sorani), and Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn). A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern Iranian languages, the Zaza–Gorani languages, are also spoken by several million ethnic Kurds. Studies as of 2009 estimate between 8 and 20 million native Kurdish speakers in Turkey. The majority of the Kurds speak Kurmanji. Most Kurdish texts are written in Kurmanji and Sorani. Kurmanji is written in …

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Wilson Center Canada · 31 July 2020 English

Sinjar is a disputed territory, claimed Many were hopeful that the defeat of by both the central government in Baghdad and seat the ISIS Caliphate would ensure their of the …

in Iraq. Former Secretary of The ban on the Kurdish language also impacted the State John Kerry said that children. and hallmarks of genocide.” The Kurdish language was not to be spoken, even ISIS established


IRÉC: Institut de recherche en économie contemporaine · 23 January 2017

Yet, as elucidated by Eva Bellin, the democratic transitions in the region are stymied in the Middle East primarily due to the coercive apparatus of states that have the will …

for the legalisation of the right to use the Kurdish language in the public sphere. They believed that the


CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 25 June 2015 English

If the North Eastern members of NATO do not have the resources to reliably deter Russia alone, and the Southern members lack either the resources or the will to make …

1 This is a product of history. The Kurds Kurdish language. The United Kingdom’s maintain, with no little suffered at the hands of university to run Kurdish language such divisions. The governing Kurdish Baghdad Erbil independent from Britain in 1930. ‘which Kurdish language do they want and its main rival, the Patriotic


CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 25 June 2015

If the North Eastern members of NATO do not have the resources to reliably deter Russia alone, and the Southern members lack either the resources or the will to make …

1 This is a product of history. The Kurds Kurdish language. The United Kingdom’s maintain, with no little suffered at the hands of university to run Kurdish language such divisions. The governing Kurdish Baghdad Erbil independent from Britain in 1930. ‘which Kurdish language do they want and its main rival, the Patriotic


Canada. Parliament. House of Commons · 8 December 2010 English

The dramatic protests in Iran last summer, the response of the Iranian authorities, and the reaction of the international community served to sharpen the focus of a study by the …

suggested and forced upon parents. The use of the Kurdish language and other national languages in the education


The Mowat Centre · 7 April 2010 English

Turkey, loosened to at least a small extent the heavy restraints it had imposed on the use of the Kurdish language. [...] However, the causal link between the oil price and the vote for the SNP is certainly

restraints it had imposed on the use of the Kurdish language. Yemen: Yemen was created in 1990 by the


IMFG: Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance · 7 April 2010 English

Of course, as already mentioned, one key important missing link in the argument is the degree of regional concentration of those who are “different.” Other potentially critical explanatory factors include …

restraints it had imposed on the use of the Kurdish language. Yemen: Yemen was created in 1990 by the


The Mowat Centre · 7 April 2010 English

Turkey, loosened to at least a small extent the heavy restraints it had imposed on the use of the Kurdish language. [...] However, the causal link between the oil price and the vote for the SNP is certainly

restraints it had imposed on the use of the Kurdish language. Yemen: Yemen was created in 1990 by the


Centre for Research on Language in Education and Work · 16 July 2008 English

Index of Keywords 748 Work and Lifelong Learning Resource Base (WALLRB) 3 Introduction The purpose of the Work and Lifelong Learning Resource Base (WALLRB) is to provide a wide range …

Literacy; Immigrants; Informal Education; Kurdish; Language of Instruction; Law Related Education; Laws;


Centre for Research on Language in Education and Work · 23 February 2007 English

Livingstone November, 2006 Centre for the Study of Education and Work Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto The NALL Working Papers 1 Introduction The Research …

Literacy; Immigrants; Informal Education; Kurdish; Language of Instruction; Law Related Education; Laws;


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