Sarli language
| Sarli | |
|---|---|
| سارلی | |
| Native to | Iraq |
| Region | Kirkuk Province |
Native speakers | (undated figure of fewer than 20,000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sdf |
| Glottolog | sarl1241 |
Sarli, or Sarliya, is a dialect of the Gorani language spoken in Iraq. It is spoken by a cluster of villages[2] north of the Little Zab river,[3] on the confluence of the Khazir River and the Great Zab river, just west-northwest of the city of Kirkuk.[4] Many speakers have been displaced by conflicts in the region.[5]
It has no known dialects and reportedly is most similar to Bajelani,[5] but it is also similar to Shabaki.[6] The Sarli language contains Kurdish, Turkish and Persian influences like its neighbours Bajelani and Shabaki.[7]
The Sarli speakers follow their own branch of Yarsanism.[6][8]
References
- ^ Sarli at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ Bruinessen, Martin Van (2000-01-01). Mullas, Sufis and Heretics: The Role of Religion in Kurdish Society : Collected Articles. Isis Press. p. 20. ISBN 9789754281620.
- ^ Division, Naval Intelligence (2014-09-03). Iraq & The Persian Gulf. Routledge. p. 329. ISBN 9781136892660.
- ^ Sinor, Denis (1956-01-01). Proceedings of the Twenty-third International Congress of Orientalists, Cambridge, 21st-28th August, 1954. Royal Asiatic Society. p. 178.
- ^ a b "Sarli". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ a b Bruinessen, Martin Van (2000-01-01). Mullas, Sufis and Heretics: The Role of Religion in Kurdish Society : Collected Articles. Isis Press. p. 300. ISBN 9789754281620.
- ^ Nations, League of; Wirsén, Einar Thure af (1925-01-01). Question de la frontière entre la Turquie et l'Irak (in French). Imprimeries réunies, s.a.
- ^ Meho, Lokman I.; Maglaughlin, Kelly L. (2017-03-05). Kurdish Culture and Society: An Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 256. ISBN 9780313315435.
