Central Kurdish

Variety of Kurdish spoken in Iran and Iraq Central KurdishKurdîy NawendîSoranîکوردیی ناوەندیسۆرانیCentral Kurdish and Sorani written in the Sorani alphabetNative toIran, IraqRegionKurdistanEthnicityKurdsNative speakers6.1 million (2023–2024)Language familyIndo-European Indo-IranianIranianWesternNorthwesternKurdishCentral KurdishDialects Babanî (Silêmanî) Mukriyanî Erdelanî Germiyanî (Cafî) Hewlêrî Xoşnaw Kerkukî Writing system Arabic (Kurdo-Arabic alphabet) Latin (Hawar alphabet) (occasionally) Official statusOfficial language in Iraq Kurdistan Region Language codesISO 639-3ckbGlottologcent1972Linguasphere58-AAA-caeGeographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) Sorani (Central Kurdish) Zaza language Southern Kurdish (Gorani is included) mixed dialect areas A Sorani Kurdish speaker, recorded in Norway. Central Kurdish, also known as Sorani Kurdish, is a Kurdish language variety spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the Iranian provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan. Central Kurdish is one of the two official languages of Iraq, along with Arabic, and is in a