Southern Kurdish

variety of Kurdish comprising several dialects of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken in the south of Kurdistan (in upper Mesopotamia, to the west of Iran and east of Iraq)
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Southern Kurdish

Summary

Southern Kurdish is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Kurdish is in the country of Iran[3].
  • Southern Kurdish is in the country of Iraq[4].
  • Southern Kurdish's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Southern Kurdish's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Southern Kurdish is a type of Kurdish[7].
  • Southern Kurdish's writing system is recorded as Arabic alphabet[8].
  • Southern Kurdish's writing system is recorded as Arabic script[9].
  • Southern Kurdish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sdh[10].
  • Southern Kurdish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern Kurdish language[11].
  • Southern Kurdish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3000000'}[12].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Baghdad Governorate[13].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Maysan Governorate[14].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Wasit Governorate[15].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Ilam Province[16].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Khuzestan Province[17].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Kermanshah Province[18].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Lorestan Province[19].
  • Southern Kurdish's indigenous to is recorded as Hamadan Province[20].
  • Southern Kurdish's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SDH[21].
  • Southern Kurdish's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous[22].

Why It Matters

Southern Kurdish ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Aliases
    Indigenous to Baghdad Governorate, Maysan Governorate, Wasit Governorate +5
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+3000000'}
    Country Iran, Iraq
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