South Kurdish language

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South Kurdish (Kurdí Xwarig, کوردی خوارگ)

Spoken in

Iran , Iraq
speaker 3-5 million ethnologue.com
Linguistic
classification
  • Iranian
    Western Iranian
    Northwest Iranian
    Kurdish-Central Iranian
    South Kurdish
    Kelhuri (controversial)
    Leki (controversial)
Language codes
ISO 639-3

sdh

The area of ​​the South Kurdish language

The South Kurdish language , together with the Sorani and Kurmanji, form the genetic unit of the Kurdish languages . The three to five million speakers of South Kurdish are predominantly Shiites or Ahl-e Haqq , who often speak Sorani and Arabic in Iraq and Persian as a second language in Iran .

distribution

South Kurdish is spoken in Iranian Kurdistan ( Ilam , Kordestān and Kermanshah ) and in the south of Iraqi Kurdistan ( South Chanaqin , Kirind and Qorwaq). Individual enclaves of the Feyli, Kelhur and Laks Kurds also occur in Turkey and Iran in the provinces of Fars and Khorasan as well as in the Elburs Mountains . With the exception of a few Kakai villages in Iraqi Kurdistan , all Ahl-e Haqq Kurds speak dialects of South Kurdish.

Speakers and dialects

The speakers of South Kurdish, whose dialects differ greatly from one another, belong primarily to the tribal confederations of the Kalhor , Lak and Faili Kurds.

The following dialects belong to this language:

  • Kolyai
  • Kermanshahi
  • Garrusi
  • Sandjabi
  • Bayray
  • Kelhuri (controversial)
  • Kordali
  • Feyli
  • Leki (controversial)
  • Zangana

See also

Web links

Test Wikipedia in South Kurdish

Individual evidence

  1. ^ J. Blau: Les Kurdes . In: Rüdiger Schmitt (ed.): Compendium linguarum Iranicum . Reichert, Wiesbaden 1989
  2. ^ Kurdish, Southern - A language of Iran (Südkurdisch). ethnologue.com; Retrieved May 26, 2014
  3. ↑ Laki - A language of Iran (Leki) . ethnologue.com; Retrieved May 26, 2014
  4. ↑ IK Fattah: Les dialectes kurdes m'eridionaux . In: Étude linguistique et dialectologique . Louvain, 2000
  5. ↑ Mahmoud Lewendî: Ferhengoka Şêxbizinkî . In: Bîrnebûn , 4, Stockholm 1998, pp. 68 ff.
  6. ^ Mehrdad Izady : The Kurds . Washington DC 1992, see chapter: Religion and Language
  7. ↑ Mehrdad Izady; P. 170.
  8. ↑ Erik John Anonby: Kurdish or Luri? Laki's disputed identity in the Luristan province of Iran . In: Kurdish Studies , 4th + 5th year (2004/2005)