Kurdish

Indo-European (Iranian)40 million totalLatin/Arabic/Cyrillic

RegionTurkey/Iraq/Iran/Syria

FamilyIndo-European (Iranian)

Speakers40 million total

ScriptLatin/Arabic/Cyrillic

TypeMixed

About Kurdish

Spoken across a region spanning 4 countries without its own state. Has three main dialects: Kurmanji, Sorani, and Southern Kurdish. Each dialect may use a different script. The largest language community without a nation state.

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