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Southern Kurdish

Not to be confused with Sorani.
Southern Kurdish
Pehlewaní
کوردی خوارین / Kurdî Xwarîn
کوردی باشووری / Kurdî Başûrî
Native toIran, Iraq
RegionKurdistan
EthnicityKurds
Native speakers
4.25 million in Iran (2021)[1]
unknown number in Iraq
Dialects
Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script)
Language codes
ISO 639-3sdh
Glottologsout2640
Linguasphere58-AAA-c
Geographic distribution of Kurdish dialects and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds
  Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish)
  Sorani (Central Kurdish)
  Zaza language
  Southern Kurdish (Gorani is included)
  mixed dialect areas

Southern Kurdish (Sorani Kurdish: کوردی باشووری ,کوردی خوارین, romanized: Kurdî Başûrî, Kurdî Xwarîn)[2] is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran.[3] The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in Iran.[4]

  1. ^ Southern Kurdish at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Southern Kurdish". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Kurdish language i. History of the Kurdish language". Iranica Online. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ Fattah (2000), pp. VII.
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