Southern Kurdish

English

Proper noun

Southern Kurdish

1. The Kurdish language spoken in western Iran, and to a small extent in Iraq. Kalhuri (Kermashani), Feili (Ilami) and Laki are divided into the southern dialect subgroup.

Linguistic map of the Southern Kurdish dialacts in Rojhalat Kurdistan

Translations

Kurdish language

• Arabic: الكُرْدِيَّة الجُنوبِيَّة
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کوردیی باشووری (kurdîy başûrî)

  Northern Kurdish: kurdiya başûrî (ku)

  Southern Kurdish: کوردی خوارین(خوارگ) (kurdî xwarîn(xwarg))

• Persian: کردی جنوبی (kordi jonubi)

Dialects

• Kalhor (tribe) (Kermashani)
• Feyli (tribe) (Ilami)
• Laki language

See also

• Northern Kurdish/Kurmanji
• Central Kurdish/Sorani
• Southern Kurdish

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Southern Kurdish, sdh ⁠