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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Indo-European |
| Branch: Iranian |
| Continent: Middle East |
| Country: Iraq |
| Region: In and around Sulamanya. Also spoken in Iran, USA. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 2,785,500 in Iraq, 18% of population including all Kurdish in Iraq, most of whom speak Kurdi (1986). Population total all countries 6,036,000. All Kurd speakers in all countries: 11,000,000 (1999 WA). Iran. |
| Countries Where Official: Iraq |
| Native Speakers: 11,000,000 |
| Speakers Total: 11,000,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 0 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 0 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 0 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 0 |
| Three Letter Code: KDB |
| Alternative Names: KURDY, SOUTHERN KURDISH, SORANI, SURANI |
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| Summary: Sorani is mainly in Iraq. Official language. Literacy rate in second language: 27%. Other reports are that many are well educated. Sunni and Shi'a Muslim; Ahl-e-haqq groups in 3 districts in south and southeast Kurdistan, mainly around Kermanshah and Kerkuk; 50,000 Yezidis in northern Iraq near Mosul and in the Sinjar Hills. NT 1994. |
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