Kurdish language is belongs to the Indo-European family languages. Kurdish language have different dialects (kurmanji, Sorani, bahdini, hawrami, ect.
The two main dialects are:
Kurmanji dialect: spoken by Kurds in Northern Kurdistan (Kurdistan in Turkey) and all the Kurds of Western Kurdistan (Kurdistan in Syria). Use a modified Latin alphabet. Estimated 15-17 million speakers.
Sorani dialect: spoken by Kurds in Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdistan in Iran) and Southern Kurdistan (Kurdistan in Iraq). Use a modified Arabic alphabet. Estimated 10-12 million speakers.
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