Kurdish ABC

Kurdish Treasure

Kurdish language as one of the great Indo-European languages (The branches of Indo-European still represented today by one or more languages.) is related to Persian, while it is distinct in grammar, syntax and vocabulary. There are four general regional dialects in Kurdish language: Zaza; Northern Kermanji (Badinani, Botani, Hakari,Baizidi,Shamdinani); Southern Kermanji (Babani, Ardalani, Mukriani, Sorani,Kalhuri, Gorani);Lurri(Bakhtyari,Laki, Faili). Kurds by and large understand each other easily. The Kurdish people from every part of Kurdistan and abroad have felt the need for a comprehensive two-way Kurdish-English / English-Kurdish dictionary. It is hoped that the present compilation will satisfy that need. While this dictionary is the outcome of more than eight years of diligent research, it is just the beginning of an attempt to compile an up-to-date Kurdish-English / English-Kurdish dictionary.
This book has been prepared with a view to unifying, approximately, all the present dialects, spoken all over Kurdistan. It would have been easier to read alphabet of this dictionary if Kurds had a unified script. But for the moment, seemingly they prefer to take it easy. This work might be reckoned as the first step toward such a unified script which it is easy to distinguish; readable not only by beginners but also by ordinary users. Although it is impossible to describe the sounds of a language accurately merely by reference to the sounds of another language, nevertheless, For easy reading this propositional Kurdish alphabet, a pronunciation key has been introduced. Kurdish i e è a â o u   are pure, in other words, they are monophthongal not diphthongal like most English long vowels. Generally speaking, there are no silent letters here. Every word is pronounced just as it is spelt. It is now time to ask others to undertake a similar task on behalf of the Kurdish language. Needless to say, in a work of this length there is abundant opportunity for errors. For such I encourage the readers to alert me to any that they discover. Moreover, I would be very pleased to receive further suggestions for entries from readers. Finally, I should like to extend my gratitude to all Kurdish and non-Kurdish people who have expressed their special interest in this dictionary.

Shakhawan

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