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Gurani

Gurani is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran and Iraq, by about 40 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Gurani · 36.8°N 44.5°E

Gorani or Gurani (Kurdish: گۆرانی, romanized: Goranî, lit. 'song'), also known by the name of its main dialect, Hawrami (ھەورامی, romanized: Hewramî), is a Northwestern Iranian language or a group of similar Northwestern Iranian dialects spoken in small pockets in northeastern Iraq and northwestern Iran.

Gorani is spoken in Iraq and Iran and has four dialects: Bajelani, Hawrami, and Sarli, some sources also include the Shabaki as a dialect of Gorani as well. Of these, Hawrami was the traditional literary language and koiné of Kurds in the historical Ardalan region at the Zagros Mountains, but has since been supplanted by Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish. Gorani is a literary language for many Kurds.

From Wikipedia · Gorani language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Gurani

MeaningWordRomanization
heartدڵdił
waterئاۋیāʋī
horseئەسپesp
youتۆto
weئێمەême
sleepوتەیwtey
moneyپووڵpuł

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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