Sorani
Sorani Kurdish (also known as Central Kurdish) is a variety of Kurdish spoken in Iran and Iraq. It is written in the Arabic alphabet unlike Kurmanji which is written in the Latin alphabet. There are 8 million speakers.
| Central Kurdish | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorani Kurdish | |||
| کوردیی ناوەندی / سۆرانی | |||
 Central Kurdish and Sorani written in the Sorani alphabet | |||
| Native to | Iran and Iraq | ||
| Region | Kurdistan | ||
Native speakers | 8 million (2021 estimate)[1] | ||
| Dialects |
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| Sorani Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script) | |||
| Official status | |||
Official language in |  IraqTemplate:Country data Kurdistan Region[2] | ||
| Language codes | |||
| ISO 639-3 | ckb | ||
| Glottolog | cent1972 | ||
| Linguasphere | 58-AAA-cae | ||
 Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds
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References
- Sheyholislami (2021), p. 633.
- "Full Text of Iraqi Constitution". Washington Post. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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