Gorani

Also known as Gurani, Hawrami, Gorani Kurdish, Gorani language, Gurani language

group of Northwestern Iranian dialects, variety of Zaza–Gorani languages spoken by Kurds

Key facts

Native to: Iraq and Iran
Region: Kurdistan (Primarily Hawraman , also Garmian and Nineveh ), Kermanshah province
Native speakers: 300,000 (2008)
Language family: Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Adharic / Zaza–Gorani Gorani
Dialects: Hawraman-I Luhon , Hawraman-I Taxt , Kakai , Gawhara , Kandula , Zardayana , Shabaki , Ṣārlī , Bāǰalāni (Bēǰwān) , Gawrajuyi
Writing system: Kurdish alphabet
Iso 639 3: Variously:, hac – Gorani (Gurani), sdb – Shabaki , sdf – Sarli , bjm – Bajelani
Glottolog: gura1251
Elp: Gurani Bajelani
Linguasphere: 58-AAA-b

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 40000
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HAC
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Gorani (Hawrami) is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Gorani or Gurani (Kurdish: گۆرانی, romanized: Goranî, lit. 'song'), also known by the name of its main dialect, Hawrami (ھەورامی, romanized: Hewramî), is a Northwestern Iranian language or a group of similar Northwestern Iranian dialects spoken in small pockets in northeastern Iraq and northwestern Iran.