ISO 639-3 · kmrkmr
Indo-European family
Kurmanji
Zimanê Kurdî
Kurmanji is a language of the Northwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq and 2 more countries. Wikidata counts 14.6 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Kurdish language spoken in eastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq and in Armenia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kmr- Glottocode
nort2641- Family
- Indo-European
- Centre point
- 38.00, 44.00
- Wikipedia
- 53 language editions
14.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
6countries
3scripts
5levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kurmanji · Zimanê Kurdî |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kurmancî, Northern Kurdish, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurmanji Kurdish |
| L1 speakers | 14,600,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Latin script, Arabic script, Cyrillic |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Kurmanji
The branches above Kurmanji, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Armenia
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