Kurmancî

Northern Kurdish, the most widely spoken Kurdish language.

Kurmancî is the Kurdish language you'll most often hear in the diaspora. Written in the Hawar Latin script, spoken from Turkey to Armenia.

Speakers worldwide

ca. 15 million

Main regions

Turkey (southeast), Syria (Rojava), Iraq (Dohuk), Iran (West Azerbaijan), Armenia

First words

Silav/si-LAV/

Hello

Spas/spass/

Thank you

Welat/we-LAT/

Homeland

Mal/mal/

Home

Dengê/DEN-geh/

Voice

Roj baş/rozh BASH/

Good day