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    languages of Kurdish are Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), Central Kurdish (Sorani), and Southern Kurdish (Xwarîn). A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern...
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    Wikipedia is a free multilingual open-source wiki-based online encyclopedia edited and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January...
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    Sorani Kurdish (Kurdish: کرمانجیی خواروو, Kurmancîy Xwarû), also known as Central Kurdish, is a Kurdish dialect or a language that is spoken in Iraq,...
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    Kurdish Wikipedia (Kurmanji Kurdish: Wîkîpediya kurdî, Sorani Kurdish: ویکیپیدیای کوردی) refers to two Wikipedia editions which are written in two forms...
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    Southern Kurdish (Sorani Kurdish: کوردی باشووری ,کوردی خوارین, romanized: Kurdî Başûrî, Kurdî Xwarîn) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken...
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  • Sorani is a Central Kurdish dialect. Sorani Kurdish is often written with the Arabic alphabet, and has eight vowels: î[i], û[u], i[I], u[ʊ], ê[e], o[o]...
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  • ʊ uː ɛ eː oː ɑː/ are the only phonemes present in all three Kurdish languages. In Sorani, /a/ is realized as [æ], except before /w/ where it becomes mid-centralized...
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    Kurds (redirect from Kurdish demographics)
    and Zands are considered to be partly of Kurdish origin. Kurdish literature in all of its forms (Kurmanji, Sorani, and Gorani) has been developed within...
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    Kurdistan Region (KRI; Sorani Kurdish: هەرێمی کوردستان, romanized: Herêmî Kurdistan; Kurmanji Kurdish: Herêma Kurdistanê; Arabic: إقليم كردستان) is an...
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    to Sorani or not. Many speakers of Gorani in Iran also speak Sorani, Persian, as well as Southern Kurdish. Most speakers in Iraq also speak Sorani, while...
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    Languages portal Kurdish alphabets Kurdish grammar Sorani Southern Kurdish Kurmancî, a Kurdish linguistic magazine "Ethnologue - Kurmanji Kurdish". Retrieved...
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    Persian Wikipedia (Persian: ویکی‌پدیای فارسی, romanized: Wīkipediāī Fārsī) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia was...
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    to as Kurdistan. Most Kurds speak Northern Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Central Kurdish (Sorani). There are various hypotheses as to predecessor...
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    Northern Kurdish/Kurmanji (the largest group), Central Kurdish/Sorani, and Southern Kurdish/Laki. The existing linguistic divisions within the Kurdish language...
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    Sulaymaniyah Governorate (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    Sulaymaniyah Governorate (Sorani Kurdish: پارێزگای سلێمانی; Kurmanji Kurdish: Parêzgeha Silêmaniyê; Arabic: محافظة السليمانية) or Sulaymaniyah Province...
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    The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan...
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  • genital mutilation is observed among some Sorani speaking Kurds, including Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. A 2011 Kurdish law criminalized FGM practice in Iraqi...
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  • Iraq/Kurds (1932-present)". uca.edu. Retrieved 14 May 2015. Central Kurdish (Sorani) The implications of the Iran-Iraq agreement "عقيل الناصري - من خفايا...
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  • Taqsim (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    Taqsim (Arabic: تَقْسِيم / ALA-LC: taqsīm, Sorani Kurdish: تەقسیم, Greek: ταξίμι, romanized: taksimi, Turkish: taksim) is a melodic musical improvisation...
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  • Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, romanized: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern...
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    Kurdish Alevism (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of God/Truth' or Elewîtî) refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses...
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    Central Kurdish variety Sorani is mainly written using an Arabic alphabet with 33 letters. Unlike the regular Arabic script, which is an abjad, Kurdish Arabic...
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  • Jaban al-Kurdi (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    Maymūn Jābān al-Kurdī (Arabic: أبو ميمون جابان الكردي, Kurdish: Cabanê Kurdî, Sorani Kurdish: جابانی کوردی or کابانی کوردی), also referred to as Jaban...
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    the Turkish government, though "Kurdish" was allowed in census reports. Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish languages were officially prohibited...
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    Qaladiza (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    Qaladze (Sorani Kurdish: قەڵادزێ, romanized: Qeladizê, Arabic: قلدز) is a town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, north of Sulaymaniyah, near the Iranian border...
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    Nasir Subhani (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    Kurdish) accessed 6 April 2015 Subhani official website Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Kurdish Sorani), article of inauguration v t e...
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    (specifically Mesopotamian Arabic); the second most spoken language is Kurdish (mainly Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), followed by the Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialect...
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    Piramerd (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    Khalid Naqshbandi(The Kurdish sufi). Editing and Translation of Poems of Besarani from Hawrami dialect to Sorani. Articles about Kurdish history, the history...
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  • Korek Telecom (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    Korek Telecom (Sorani Kurdish: کۆڕەک تیلیکۆم) is an Iraqi Kurdish mobile phone operator company in Erbil, iraq. In March 2011, France Télécom (now Orange...
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    Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan (Kurdish: باشووری کوردستان, romanized: Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It...
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