ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party wants the Kurdish language to be officially recognized in ...

He is a skillful linguist who is fluent in several Middle Eastern languages, such as Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Turkish and at least two dialects of Kurdish, Kurmanji and Sorani, in addition to ...

Kurdish is composed of four main dialects: Upper Kurdish (Kurmanji or Badini), Central Kurdish (Sorani), Lower (Southern) Kurdish, and Zazaki-Gorani. There are large Kurdish populations in Iran ...

“We aim to preserve the Kurdish culture – whether that will ... the Kurds speak their own language, with several dialects.