Kurmanji

Northern Kurdish dialect KurmanjiNorthern Kurdishکورمانجی, kurmancîKurmanji Kurdish written in both scriptsNative toArmenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, TurkeyRegionAutochthonous to Kurdistan, Kurdish diasporaEthnicityKurdsNative speakers17 million (2017–2024)Language familyIndo-European Indo-IranianIranianWesternNorthwesternKurdishKurmanjiWriting system Hawar alphabet (Latin script; used mostly in Turkey and Syria) Sorani alphabet (Perso-Arabic script; used mostly in Iraq and Iran) Cyrillic alphabet (former Soviet Union) Armenian alphabet (1921–29 in Soviet Armenia) Official statusRecognised minoritylanguage in Armenia SyriaLanguage codesISO 639-1kuISO 639-3kmrGlottolognort2641Linguasphere58-AAA-aGeographic distribution of the Kurdish languages spoken by Kurds Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) Sorani (Central Kurdish) Zaza language Southern Kurdish (Gorani is included) mixed language areas A man speaking Kurmanji. Kurmanji (Kurdish: کورمانجی, Latin script: Kurmancî, pronunciationⓘ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria an