Dialect comparison

Hawrami vs Kurmanji

Compare two dialects of Kurdish side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

An older and distinctive Kurdish variety spoken in pockets along the Iran-Iraq border, rich in classical poetic tradition.

The most widely spoken Kurdish variety, used across southeast Turkey, northern Syria, and parts of Iraq and Iran.

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