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Sorani
Sign in to saveAlso known as Soranî, Central Kurdish, Sorani Kurdish, Kurdish (Sorani), Sorani dialect
Kurdish language spoken in Iraq and Iran
Sorani is a major dialect of the Kurdish language spoken primarily in Iraq and Iran. It's one of the most widely spoken forms of Kurdish and serves as an important means of communication and cultural expression for millions of Kurdish people in the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Central Kurdish branch.png
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- native label
- کوردی
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 7250000
- Wikimedia language code
- ckb
- Commons category
- Sorani language
- P10369
- Steve Brûlé
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A Sorani Kurdish speaker, recorded in Norway. Central Kurdish, also known as Sorani Kurdish, is a Kurdish language variety spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the Iranian provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan. Central Kurdish is one of the two official languages of Iraq, along with Arabic, and is in administrative documents simply referred to as "Kurdish".
The term Sorani, named after the Soran Emirate, refers to a variety of Central Kurdish based on the dialect spoken in Slemani. Central Kurdish is written in the Kurdo-Arabic alphabet, an adaptation of the Arabic script developed in the 1920s by Sa'ed Sidqi Kaban and Taufiq Wahby.