Southern Kurdish

Southern Kurdish
Southern Kurdish
کوردی باشووری
Native to	Iran, Iraq
Region	Kurdistan
Ethnicity	Kurds
Native speakers	4.25 million in Iran (2021); unknown number in Iraq
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Kurdish Southern Kurdish; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Feylî; Kelhurrî; Lekî; Xaneqînî; Gerrûsî (Bîcarî); Kermanshahî; Kolyai; Sanjâbî; Melikşayî; Bayray; Kordalî;
Writing system	Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sdh
Glottolog	sout2640
Linguasphere	58-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 (Kurdish: کوردی باشووری, romanized: Kurdî Başûrî)^[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]

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

[e27-1] Southern Kurdish at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[2] "Southern Kurdish". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[3] "Kurdish language i. History of the Kurdish language". Iranica Online. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[FOOTNOTEFattah2000VII-4] Fattah (2000), pp. VII.

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