Kurds

Summary

Kurds is an ethnic group^[1]. Kurds ranks in the top 0.29% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,324 views/month, #13 of 4,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kurdish was Kurds's native language^[3].
• Zazaki was Kurds's native language^[4].
• Kurds's religion is recorded as Sunni Islam^[5].
• Kurds's religion is recorded as Shia Islam^[6].
• Kurds's religion is recorded as Alevism^[7].
• Kurds's religion is recorded as Yazidism^[8].
• Kurds's religion is recorded as Christianity^[9].
• Kurds's religion is recorded as Judaism^[10].
• Kurds's image is recorded as Yezidi New Year in Lalish (18 April 2017) 21.jpg^[11].
• Kurds's instance of is recorded as ethnic group^[12].
• Kurds's flag image is recorded as Flag of Kurdistan.svg^[13].
• Kurds's GND ID is recorded as 4033792-3^[14].
• Kurds's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85073467^[15].
• Kurds's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11942456w^[16].
• Kurds's subclass of is recorded as Middle Easterners^[17].
• Kurds's part of is recorded as Iranian peoples^[18].
• Kurds's Commons category is recorded as Kurdish people^[19].
• Kurds's country of origin is recorded as Turkey^[20].
• Kurds's country of origin is recorded as Iraq^[21].
• Kurds's country of origin is recorded as Iran^[22].
• Kurds's country of origin is recorded as Syria^[23].
• Kurds's country of origin is recorded as Azerbaijan^[24].
• Kurds's country of origin is recorded as Armenia^[25].
• Kurds's has part is recorded as Yazidis^[26].
• Kurds's has part is recorded as Sorani^[27].

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Origins and Family

Native languages include Kurdish^[3] and Zazaki^[4].

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Sunni Islam^[5], an Islamic denomination^[28], founded in 0601^[29]; Shia Islam^[6], an Islamic denomination^[30]; Alevism^[7], an Islamic denomination^[31], headquartered in Haji Bektash Veli complex^[32]; Yazidism^[8], a religion^[33], in Iraq^[34]; Christianity^[9], a major religious group^[35], founded in 0033^[36]; and Judaism^[10], a religion^[37], founded in -0500^[38].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Kurds include list of Kurdish tribes^[39] and Kurdipedia^[40], a website^[41], founded in 2008^[42].

Why It Matters

Kurds ranks in the top 0.29% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,324 views/month, #13 of 4,529).^[2] Kurds has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Kurds is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Kurds include list of Kurdish tribes^[39] and Kurdipedia^[40], a website^[41], founded in 2008^[42].