ISO 639-3 · hachac
Indo-European family
Gorani
Gorani is a language of the Zaza–Gorani languages branch (Indo-European), spoken in Iran and Iraq. Wikidata counts about 40,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “group of Northwestern Iranian dialects, variety of Zaza–Gorani languages spoken by Kurds”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hac- Glottocode
gura1251- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Gorani |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gurani, Hawrami, Gorani Kurdish, Gorani language, Gurani language |
| All speakers | 40,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Gorani
The branches above Gorani, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Iran
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepesIranian PersianIndo-European · 52.8 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafekurKurdishIndo-European · 21 mSafeacmMesopotamian ArabicAfroasiatic · 15.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationazbSouth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkmrKurmanjiIndo-European · 14.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · National