Kurdish, Southern | Ethnologue

A language of Iran

ISO 639: sdh
Alternate Names: Kurdî Xwarîn, Pehlewaní
Autonym: کوردی خوارگ‎ (Kurdî xwarg), کوردیی باشووری‎ (Kurdîyi başûrî)
Population: 3,730,000 in Iran (2019).
Location:: Hamadan, Ilam, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, and Kordestan provinces; Sistan and Baluchestan province: southeast small area.
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.

Iraq

Location: Diyala, Maysan, and Wasit governorates: Iran border area east of Baghdad.
Dialects: Kalhori, Sanjabi, Maleksh ahi (Maleksh ay), Bayray, Kordali.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments: Muslim, Ahl-e Haqq.

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