Southern Kurdish
Southern Kurdish is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran and Iraq, by about 3 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Southern Kurdish, also known by its endonym Xwarîn, is a Kurdish language variety, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in Iran.
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Words in Southern Kurdish
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ژِن | jin |
| eye | چاو | çaw |
| heart | دِڵ | dill |
| water | ئاو | aw |
| fire | ئاگِر | agir |
| sun | خوەر | xwer |
| snow | وەفر | wefr |
| wind | وا | wa |
| mountain | کۊیە | küye |
| leaf | گِڵا | gilla |
| cat | پِشی | pişî |
| louse | سپیە | sipye |
| sleep | خەفتِن | xeftin |
| salt | خوا | xwa |
| egg | خا | xa |
| apple | سێف | sêf |
| red | سۊیەر | süyer |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · sout2640 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sdh