Dialect comparison

Hawrami vs Zaza

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.

Spoken in eastern Turkey. Closely related to Kurdish varieties, with its own grammar and vocabulary.

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