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'''Kurmanji''', ''({{lang-ku|Kurmancî}}''<ref>{{cite book |title=Ferhenga Kurmancı̂-Inglı̂zı̂ |date=2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |language=Kurdish}}</ref> meaning '''''Kurdish'''''),<ref>{{cite book |author1=Captain R. E. Jardine |title=Bahdinan Kurmanji - A grammar of the Kurmanji of the Kurds of Mosul division and surrounding districts of Kurdistan |date=1922 |publisher=Government Press |location=Baghdad |page=ii}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ayfer Gokalp |title=Language and Literacy Practices of Kurdish Children Across Their Home and School Spaces in Turkey: |url=https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/158115/content/Gokalp_asu_0010E_15288.pdf |date=August 2015 |page=146 |accessdate=19 March 2019 |publisher=Arizona State University}}</ref><ref name=Iranica>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Kurdish language I. History of the Kurdish language|author-last=Paul|author-first=Ludwig|author-link=|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|editor-last=Yarshater|editor-first=Ehsan|editor-link=Ehsan Yarshater|volume=|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=London and New York|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-language-i|accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Georg Krotkoff |title=Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East |date=1997 |page=299}}</ref> also classified as '''Northern Kurdish'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnologue - Kurdish |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kur |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kurdish language |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kurdish-language |website=Britannica |accessdate=22 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=E. S. Soane |title=Notes on Kurdish Dialects |date=1909 |page=906 |url=https://books.google.dk/books?id=va7ofEPkxpYC&dq=&hl=da&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=22 March 2019}}</ref> is the northern dialect of the [[Kurdish language]], spoken in southeast [[Turkey]], northwest and northeast [[Iran]], northern [[Iraq]], northern [[Syria]] and the [[Caucasus]] region. It is the most spoken Kurdish dialect and [[mother tongue]] to other ethnic minorities in the region as well.<ref>{{cite book|title=Aşiretler raporu|date=2000|publisher=Kaynak Yayınları|location=İstanbul|isbn=9753432208|edition= 1st}}</ref> |
'''Kurmanji''', ''({{lang-ku|Kurmancî}}''<ref>{{cite book |title=Ferhenga Kurmancı̂-Inglı̂zı̂ |date=2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |language=Kurdish}}</ref> meaning '''''Kurdish'''''),<ref>{{cite book |author1=Captain R. E. Jardine |title=Bahdinan Kurmanji - A grammar of the Kurmanji of the Kurds of Mosul division and surrounding districts of Kurdistan |date=1922 |publisher=Government Press |location=Baghdad |page=ii}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Ayfer Gokalp |title=Language and Literacy Practices of Kurdish Children Across Their Home and School Spaces in Turkey: |url=https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/158115/content/Gokalp_asu_0010E_15288.pdf |date=August 2015 |page=146 |accessdate=19 March 2019 |publisher=Arizona State University}}</ref><ref name=Iranica>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Kurdish language I. History of the Kurdish language|author-last=Paul|author-first=Ludwig|author-link=|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|editor-last=Yarshater|editor-first=Ehsan|editor-link=Ehsan Yarshater|volume=|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=London and New York|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-language-i|accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Georg Krotkoff |title=Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East |date=1997 |page=299}}</ref> also classified as '''Northern Kurdish'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnologue - Kurdish |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kur |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kurdish language |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kurdish-language |website=Britannica |accessdate=22 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=E. S. Soane |title=Notes on Kurdish Dialects |date=1909 |page=906 |url=https://books.google.dk/books?id=va7ofEPkxpYC&dq=&hl=da&source=gbs_navlinks_s |accessdate=22 March 2019}}</ref> is the northern dialect of the [[Kurdish language]], spoken in southeast [[Turkey]], northwest and northeast [[Iran]], northern [[Iraq]], northern [[Syria]] and the [[Caucasus]] region. It is the most spoken Kurdish dialect and [[mother tongue]] to other ethnic minorities in the region as well.<ref>{{cite book|title=Aşiretler raporu|date=2000|publisher=Kaynak Yayınları|location=İstanbul|isbn=9753432208|edition= 1st}}</ref> The vast majority of the [[Kurmanjis|Kurmanji speakers]] (the supposedly „real“ Kurds) call their language Kurmanji and not Kurdish.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=EAbICQAAQBAJ&pg=PA172&dq=kurmanj+kurd&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIhKKcg6rhAhXHwKQKHawsCJ0Q6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=kurmanj%20kurd&f=false|title=The Kurds: A Concise History And Fact Book|last=Izady|first=Mehrdad|date=2015-06-03|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781135844905|language=en}}</ref> |
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The earliest textual record of Kurmanji Kurdish dates back to approximately the 16th century and many prominent Kurdish poets like [[Ahmad Khani]] (1650-1707) wrote in this dialect as well.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Sebastian Maisel |title=The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society|date=2018 |page=164-165}}</ref><ref name="Iranica"/> Kurmanji Kurdish is also the common and ceremonial dialect of [[Yezidis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Yazidis i. General |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/yazidis-i-general-1 |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref> Their sacred book ''[[Mishefa Reş]]'' and all prayers are written and spoken in Kurmanji, which some Yezidis call [[Ezdiki]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Arakelova |first1=Victoria |date=2001 |title=Healing Practices among the Yezidi Sheikhs of Armenia |journal=Asian Folklore Studies |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=319–328 |doi=10.2307/1179060 |quote = As for their language, the Yezidis themselves, in an attempt to avoid being identified with Kurds, call it ''Ezdiki''.}}</ref> |
The earliest textual record of Kurmanji Kurdish dates back to approximately the 16th century and many prominent Kurdish poets like [[Ahmad Khani]] (1650-1707) wrote in this dialect as well.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Sebastian Maisel |title=The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society|date=2018 |page=164-165}}</ref><ref name="Iranica"/> Kurmanji Kurdish is also the common and ceremonial dialect of [[Yezidis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Yazidis i. General |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/yazidis-i-general-1 |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref> Their sacred book ''[[Mishefa Reş]]'' and all prayers are written and spoken in Kurmanji, which some Yezidis call [[Ezdiki]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Arakelova |first1=Victoria |date=2001 |title=Healing Practices among the Yezidi Sheikhs of Armenia |journal=Asian Folklore Studies |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=319–328 |doi=10.2307/1179060 |quote = As for their language, the Yezidis themselves, in an attempt to avoid being identified with Kurds, call it ''Ezdiki''.}}</ref> |
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Northern Kurdish | |
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Kurmanji | |
Kurmancî, کورمانجی, Кӧрманщи Kurdiya Jorîn, کوردیا ژۆرین, Êzdîkî | |
Region | autochthonous to Kurdistan, Kurdish diaspora[1] |
Native speakers | 15 million (2009)[2] |
Dialects |
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Naskh Arabic script in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Latin script in Turkey and Syria, Cyrillic script in Russia and Armenia.[1] | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() ![]() |
Recognised minority language in | ![]() ![]() |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kmr |
Glottolog | nort2641 |
Linguasphere | 58-AAA-a |
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Kurmanji, (Kurdish: Kurmancî[5] meaning Kurdish),[6][7][8][9] also classified as Northern Kurdish[10][11][12] is the northern dialect of the Kurdish language, spoken in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus region. It is the most spoken Kurdish dialect and mother tongue to other ethnic minorities in the region as well.[13] The vast majority of the Kurmanji speakers (the supposedly „real“ Kurds) call their language Kurmanji and not Kurdish.[14]
The earliest textual record of Kurmanji Kurdish dates back to approximately the 16th century and many prominent Kurdish poets like Ahmad Khani (1650-1707) wrote in this dialect as well.[15][8] Kurmanji Kurdish is also the common and ceremonial dialect of Yezidis.[16] Their sacred book Mishefa Reş and all prayers are written and spoken in Kurmanji, which some Yezidis call Ezdiki.[17]
Phonology
Phonological features in Kurmanji Kurdish include the distinction between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops and the presence of facultative phonemes.[18][19] For example, Kurmanji Kurdish distinguishes between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops, which can be aspirated in all positions. Thus /p/ contrasts with /pʰ/, /t/ with /tʰ/, /k/ with /kʰ/, /q/ with /qʰ/, and the affricate /t͡ʃ/ with /t͡ʃʰ/.[19]
Dialects
Northern Kurdish forms a dialect continuum of great variability. Loosely, six subdialect areas can be distinguished:[20]
- Northwestern Kurmanji, spoken in the Kahramanmaraş (in Kurmanji: Meraş), Malatya (Meletî) and Sivas (Sêwaz) provinces of Turkey.
- Southwestern Kurmanji, spoken in the Adıyaman (Semsûr), Gaziantep (Entab) and Şanlıurfa provinces of Turkey and the Aleppo Governorate of Syria.
- Northern Kurmanji or Serhed Kurdish, spoken mainly in the Ağrı (Agirî), Erzurum (Erzerom) and Muş (Mûş) provinces of Turkey, as well as adjacent areas.
- Southern Kurmanji, spoken in the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria, the Sinjar distinct in Iraq, and in several adjacent parts of Turkey centering on the Mardin and Batman provinces.
- Southeastern Kurmanji or Badînî, spoken in the Hakkâri province of Turkey and Dohuk Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan.
- Anatolian Kurmanji is spoken in central Anatolia, especially in Konya, Ankara, Aksaray, by Anatolian Kurds
The most distinctive of these is Badînî.[21]
See also
- Kurdish alphabets
- Central Kurdish
- Southern Kurdish
- Kurmancî, a Kurdish linguistic magazine
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Ethnologue - Kurmanji Kurdish". Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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- ^ "Social Contract - Sa-Nes". Self-Administration of North & East Syria Representation in Benelux. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ ""Rojava could be a model for all Syria"". Salih Muslim. Nationalita. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Ferhenga Kurmancı̂-Inglı̂zı̂ (in Kurdish). Yale University Press. 2003.
- ^ Captain R. E. Jardine (1922). Bahdinan Kurmanji - A grammar of the Kurmanji of the Kurds of Mosul division and surrounding districts of Kurdistan. Baghdad: Government Press. p. ii.
- ^ Ayfer Gokalp (August 2015). "Language and Literacy Practices of Kurdish Children Across Their Home and School Spaces in Turkey:" (PDF). Arizona State University: 146. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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(help) - ^ a b Paul, Ludwig (2008). "Kurdish language I. History of the Kurdish language". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. London and New York: Routledge. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Georg Krotkoff (1997). Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East. p. 299.
- ^ "Ethnologue - Kurdish". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Kurdish language". Britannica. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ E. S. Soane (1909). Notes on Kurdish Dialects. p. 906. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Aşiretler raporu (1st ed.). İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları. 2000. ISBN 9753432208.
- ^ Izady, Mehrdad (2015-06-03). The Kurds: A Concise History And Fact Book. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135844905.
- ^ Sebastian Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. 164-165.
- ^ "Yazidis i. General". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Arakelova, Victoria (2001). "Healing Practices among the Yezidi Sheikhs of Armenia". Asian Folklore Studies. 60 (2): 319–328. doi:10.2307/1179060.
As for their language, the Yezidis themselves, in an attempt to avoid being identified with Kurds, call it Ezdiki.
- ^ Khan, Celadet Bedir; Lescot, Roger (1970). Grammaire Kurde (Dialecte kurmandji) (PDF). Paris: La librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient Adrien Maisonneuve. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ a b Haig, Geoffrey; Matras, Yaron (2002). "Kurdish linguistics: a brief overview" (PDF). Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung. 55 (1). Berlin: 5. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Öpengin, Ergin; Haig, Geoffrey (2014), "Regional variation in Kurmanji: A preliminary classification of dialects", Kurdish Studies, 2, ISSN 2051-4883
- ^ for Bahdinan, a historical Kurdish principality, paralleling use of Sorani, also the name of a historical principality, for southern dialects. See BAHDĪNĀN in Encyclopedia Iranica by A. Hassanpour, 1988 (updated 2011): "The majority of the population are Kurds (see figures in Edmonds, [Kurds, Turks and Arabs, London, 1957,] p. 439) and speak Kurmanji, the major Kurdish dialect group, also called Bādīnānī (see, among others, Jardine [Bahdinan Kurmanji: A Grammar of the Kurmanji of the Kurds of Mosul Division and Surrounding Districts, Baghdad, 1922] and Blau [Le Kurde de ʿAmādiya et de Djabal Sindjar: Analyse linguistique, textes folkloriques, glossaires, Paris, 1975])."
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