ABOUT ITEM

This Kurmanji language download course was originally developed for the U.S. Goverment to help train soldiers prior to overseas deployment in the middle east!

This download is the language course which is taught for seaking to the Kurdish population. The Kurdish language course has Kurmanji words and phrases that are most commonly used .

The Kurmanji language, which uses the Latin script, is the most common dialect of Kurdish language and spoken by 80 % of all Kurds.

Kurmanji is the ceremonial language of national Kurdish religion “Yezidism”. The sacred book Mishefa Reş (“Black Book”) and all the prayers are written and said in Kurmanji.

• Kurmanji is the only Kurdish dialect that is spoken in all four areas which are vastly populated by Kurds.
• The vast majority of Kurds in Northern Kurdistan (Eastern and Southeastern Turkey) speak Kurmanji.
• It’s also the mother tongue of the all Kurds in Kurdistan of Syria.
• Iran and Iraq also have a significant amount of Kurmanji language speakers:
• Kurmanji in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)is spoken in the cities of Mosul, Duhok, Zakho, Akre, Amedia, Sheikhan, Shangal, Zummar.
• In Iraq, Kurmanji is mistakenly called by some as Bahdini, simply because Kurmanji speaking Kurds live in Bahdinan region, which consists of the above mentioned cities and towns.
• In Iran, Kurmanji is spoken in the northern parts of the country, in the cities of Urmia, Maku, Khoy, Salmas as well as exile by Kurds in Khorasan province of Iran.
• In Iran, it is sometimes called "Shikaki", due to major Kurmanji tribe Shikak which is the tribe of legendary Kurdish leader Ismail Aghaye Shikak, also known as legendary Simko among the Kurds.

 

Once you download your language course you can install the program on your computer or PDA.

The download is delivered as software in a zip file which can be unpacked with any free zip program.