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 toIran and Iraq
RegionKurdistan
Native speakers
8 million (2021 estimate)[1]
Indo-European
Dialects
  • Ardalani
  • Babani (Silemani)
  • Hawleri
  • Mukriyani
  • Garmiyani
  • Jafi
Sorani Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script)
Official status
Official language in
 Iraq
Template:Country data Kurdistan Region[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ckb
Glottologcent1972
Linguasphere58-AAA-cae
Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds

References
  1. Sheyholislami (2021), p. 633.
  2. "Full Text of Iraqi Constitution". Washington Post. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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