Kurdish, Southern

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A language of Iran

ISO 639-3
sdh
Alternate Names
Kurdî Xwarîn, Pehlewaní
Autonym
کوردی خوارگ‎ (Kurdî xwarg), کوردیی باشووری‎ (Kurdîyi başûrî)
User Population

3,730,000 in Iran (2019).

Location

Hamadan, Ilam, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, and Kordestan provinces; Sistan and Baluchestan province: southeast small area.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Kurdish
Dialects

Kolyai, Kermanshahi (Kermanshani), Kalhori, Garrusi (Bijari), Sanjabi, Malekshahi (Maleksh ay), Bayray, Kordali, Luri (Lori). A member of macrolanguage Kurdish [kur].

Language Use

Home. Also use Iranian Persian [pes]. Also use Northern Luri [lrc]. Used as L2 by Gurani [hac].

Language Development

Bible portions: 1894–1900.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kurdish, Southern
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], used in Iran.

Other Comments

Muslim, Ahl-e Haqq.

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