Southern Kurdish | |
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کوردی خوارین | |
Native to | Iran, Iraq |
Region | Kurdistan |
Ethnicity | Kurds |
Native speakers | 4.25 million in Iran (2021)[1] unknown number in Iraq |
Indo-European
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Dialects | |
Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sdh |
Glottolog | sout2640 |
Linguasphere | 58-AAA-c |
Southern Kurdish (Kurdish: کوردی خوارین, romanized: Kurdî Xwarîn)[2] is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran.[3] The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in Iran.[4]