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HAC ISO 639-3

Gurani

A language of Iran

ISO 639
hac
Alternate Names
Avromani, Awroman, Awromani, Gorani, Hawramani, Hawrami, Hewrami, Hourami, Howrami, Ourami
Population
180,000 in Iran (Paul 2007). Population provisionally estimated to be two-thirds of the 300,000 speakers in Iran and Iraq (2007 L. Paul). Total users in all countries: 300,000.
Location:
Kermanshah province; Kordestan province: Iraq border area, Hewraman.
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Zaza-Gorani
Dialects
Hawraman i Luhon, Hawraman i Taxt, Kandula, Gurani (Gorani), Bewyani, Gawrajuyi, Zardayana. Zaza-Gurani group includes Southern Zazaki [diq] (Zaza) (Turkey), and Gurani [hac], Bajelani [bjm] (Bajalani), Shabak [sdb], and Sarli [sdf] (Iraq); Hawrami [hac] (Iran).
Language Use
Most shifting to Central Kurdish [ckb]. Most shifting to Iranian Persian [pes]. Also use Southern Kurdish [sdh].
Language Development
Literature. Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gurani
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], used in Iran.
Other Comments
Muslim, Ahl-e Haqq.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Macho
User Population
120,000 in Iraq (Paul 2007). Population provisionally estimated to be one-third of the 300,000 speakers in Iran and Iraq (2007 L. Paul).
Location
As Sulaymaniyah governorate: Halabja area east of Silemani, Topzawa near Tawuq, pockets from Khanaqin to Mosul.
Dialects
Kakai (Kakkai), Zengana.
Language Status
7 (Shifting)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Very old literary tradition since A.D. 1300s. Muslim, Ahl-e Haqq.
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Map

Location: Kermanshah province; Kordestan province: Iraq border area, Hewraman.