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Kurdish Wikipedia ( kmr, Wîkîpediya kurdî, ckb, ویکیپیدیای کوردی) refers to two
Wikipedia Wikipedia is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and using a wiki-based editing system. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read refer ...
editions which are written in two forms of
Kurdish language Kurdish (, ) is a language or a group of languages spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish constitutes a dialect continuum, belonging to Western Iranian languages in the Indo-European lan ...
; Kurmanji and
Sorani Central Kurdish (), also called Sorani (), is a Kurdish dialect or a language that is spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran. Sorani is one of the two o ...
. The original one was founded in January 2004. As of , the Kurmanji Wikipedia has articles and Sorani Wikipedia has articles. There are also two other Wikipedia editions for Zazaki and
Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish ( ku, کوردی باشووری ,کوردی خوارگ, Kurdî Başûrî, Kurdî Xwarig) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking r ...
with the latter still in the test phase.


History

The Kurdish Wikipedia established on January 7, 2004, designed to contain articles in Kurmanji and Sorani at the same time. On August 12, 2009, Kurdish Wikipedia separated into two versions due to technical and linguistic issues. The old version (ku.) remained as Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia and a new version (ckb.) created for Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia.


See also

* Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia * Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia * Zazaki Wikipedia


Gallery

Kurdish teachers Wikipedia training Wikimedia UK 18.jpg, Kurdish women at a Wikimedia UK Wikipedia training event in London, December 2016 Kurdish teachers Wikipedia training Wikimedia UK 13.jpg, Kurdish Cultural Centre Wikipedia training 05 copy.jpg,


References


External links

;Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia

Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia mobile version
;Kurdish (Sorani)
Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia

Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia mobile version
;Wikimedia
Kurdish Wikimedians User Group
{{Wikipedias Kurdish-language encyclopedias Kurdish-language websites Wikipedias by language Internet properties established in 2004