The Kurdish Language

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** Today's video is about the Kurdish language, spoken by the Kurdish people in the Kurdish region.
Special thanks to Haqqi Bahram and Aram Rafeq for their voice recordings and their explanations of Kurmanji/Sorani sentences; and İbrahim Halil Yücedil for answering my numerous questions about Kurdish.
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Sources of intro Kurdistan clips:
• Erbil Iraq One
• Video
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Music:
Main music: "Strength in" by The Passion Hi-Fi. This track is unequivocally free for commercial use. Do not try to copyright claim this video. Source: www.soundclick.com/bands/page...
Intro: "Take You" by Vibe Tracks.
Outro: "TFB3" by Vibe Tracks.

[@iAmHaks]

The dislikes on this video shows how even such an innocent video on our language can bring in so much hate. Our oppressors do not have a problem with particular groups, they have a problem with the Kurdish existence. Our oppressors have stolen everything from us, hence why anything Kurdish threatens their whole existence. Keep hating, you only make us stronger. Bijî Kurdistan, Bijî Kurd. Thank you for your beautiful video on our language.

[@Melike.76]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🌹

[@Harun.sanduvacc]

@@Melike.76 bayraği atmandaki amaç ne?

[@Harun.sanduvacc]

@@Melike.76 sonono 🧠

[@bedirhankilic6373]

@@Melike.76 🇹🇷👞🥾🇹🇷🇹🇷🥾🇹🇷 💩💩💩🇹🇷💩💩🇹🇷🇹🇷💩💩🇹🇷💩💩👠👠👠🇹🇷🇹🇷💩

[@kushfarmer1144]

Nerede kürdistan?

[@Mertiy7]

As a Turkish I learned quite much. Thanks for the awesome video Paul. Greetings to every Kurds.

[@abcbcacba]

Im glad that me as a kurd and you as a turk Doesnt fight :)

[@newpossibilities1434]

thanks greetings to you too!

[@ggson8015]

im turkish and i dont wana lear kurdish

[@abcbcacba]

+OsmanliAlperen haha Really? No history? But ok your opinion

[@QuitArchives]

Arkan he is right, we kurds are originally of same ethnicity as Persians, however what he said about us not having history is completely ignorant.

[@alexbloddrunk1875]

What a beautiful language cheers from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@berbangonblitz5841]

❤❤❤

[@arendari8757]

thank you

[@user-db8nh1cc5i]

can we will be friend?

[@glasessarhan9486]

kurdisch is mixed whit arabic and irani language and not iran.

[@moayusf]

Thanks Mate❤️

[@user-rt2so9hu5h]

Salom to my Kurdish brothers and sisters ❤️from Tajikistan 🇹🇯✊

[@fasisizmdusmaniagid749]

Silav silav🌹🌹 i love all of iranians

[@sananela4300]

Thanks bro we love you❤️

[@saintsiyar]

Kurds are constantly using the Tajikistan flag on social media 😂we love you mate 😀

[@Human_boy_91]

Valeykum Selam brother

[@user-rt2so9hu5h]

@@saintsiyar 😊 I know, but our flag is yours flag as well, we’re all Persian People …

[@faroukdaizli8408]

Beautiful language, good people. Selam aleikum from Lebanon .

[@ucanat625]

Wa aleikum salam brother.

[@learnenglishwithzerra9824]

.... And I am Kurdish, English tutor as well. For learning English please subscribe my KZbin channel.

[@dersimkurdistani3137]

Thanks faruk

[@amjadiqbal7243]

@@learnenglishwithzerra9824 can you tell me the meaning of name Shaliyar in english. It is kurdish name. Hope you know about Pir Shaliyar. I just want to know the meaning of name. Thanka

[@zhiar6673]

Waalaykum salam brother I love Lebanon❤

[@tuncaybal764]

The word "human" in Kurdish is very interesting. In Kurmanji one says for the word "human" Mirov / Meriv which means mortal in real, from the word Mir / Mer for death. In Sorani, Piyawekan is said to mean "man" which means "risen". Mortal and Risen. Very interesting, also from a philosophical point of view.

[@cheyennekurd]

wow her bijî ❤️❤️👍👍

[@tuncaybal764]

@mehmet karadoğan çok teşeküre ederim yorumunuz icin sevindim. Evet Zazaca kurmanc ve soranice cok veya cok bağlantilar var zazaki weş ziwane

[@tuncaybal764]

@mehmet karadoğan kusura bakmayiniz türkcem zayif ama şöyle diyim: bazi Dil bilim adamlari diyerki zazaki ayri bir Dildir ama avrupa dil bilim adamlari diyorki: Zazaca ve kürtce, soranca, hewramca med ve partlarin cocuklaridir yani biz hepimiz onlarin torunlariyiz kürt olarak dünyada taniriliyoruz. Hepimiz kürdüz taliş ve beluçlarda med ve partlarin torunlaridir

[@tuncaybal764]

@mehmet karadoğan Dil ve irk olarakda aynilar mesela ben kurmanci konuşan elazgiliyim ama dna en yakinlarim zaza taliş ezidi sorani iran dir

[@meneither3834]

funny how mir/mer has a cognate in the Slavic and latin languages.

[@portoesdacidade]

I'm Brazilian and I'm trying to learn Kurdish ♥️☀️💚

[@fenerlitilki6086]

R ya still tryin?

[@personalmobile9421]

Thanks 😊 come to KURDISTAN and taste Kalane with yogurt soda it's unique to Kurd ☺️ you can also eat googe and kebab😁

[@KalabalkGurultu]

​@@personalmobile9421is there a region named kurdistan?

[@personalmobile9421]

@@KalabalkGurultu Tu**k 🦃🐴

[@KalabalkGurultu]

@@personalmobile9421 K***d🐗🐖

[@surenasohrabi4667]

I love Kurds from Iran 😍🇮🇷❤️🟩🌞🟥

[@lenaalqahtani5459]

No hate I am Saudi

[@fasisizmdusmaniagid749]

İ Love all of the iranian naciones. We are a big family.

[@raminbagherzadeh]

@@fasisizmdusmaniagid749 love you brother

[@Kura_zrary]

Just to know we do not hate the people of our enemes we hate the goverment and i love you

[@Aeturnalis]

I made friends with a bunch of Kurds in middle school and high school, when I played soccer. By far some of the greatest people I have ever known; I suppose it is true that hardship builds character. 2 Iraq Kurds, 2 Turkish Kurds, and 1 Iranian Kurd. I recall they were able to speak in Kurdish with one another, though I don't know to what degree, and not one of them spoke any fewer than 3 languages. One of them, named Ako, was fluent in Kurdish, Turkish, English, Arabic, and German. Last I knew, he was living in Italy, so I presume he had no trouble adding Italian to his impressive resume.

[@perogamemc9887]

Im kurd and I speak english, french, spanish, german and turkish. No lie.

[@benceyasayabilirim735]

@@perogamemc9887 how could you learn a lot of languages? Are u growing bi/trilanguagel (I am not so sure sjdj) or have you had a hard process for them?

[@perogamemc9887]

@@benceyasayabilirim735 english, spanish and french in school. Kurdish, german and turkish at home.

[@benceyasayabilirim735]

@@perogamemc9887 buradan sonra beni anlayacağın için sıkıntı yok kskkgms, 3 dilli büyümek zor olmadı mı? En iyi konuştuğun hangisi?

[@ai-kt3hy]

@@perogamemc9887 yerinde olsam çevirmenlik yaparım dizi çevirisi felan bu işte iyi para var

[@rzeka]

Kurdish! I think Kurdish is what got me interested in linguistics - I've met a few Kurds and I was interested in learning about their language since they didn't really have their own country. So, I looked it up, and before I knew it I was spending hours reading about languages. Thank you, Kurdish, for helping me discover my passion.

[@jirkawa]

you are more than welcome if you need anything just ask me.

[@fenerhemedo4371]

at your service

[@zazaguerilla]

haha thats amazing youre welcome

[@alexjenofany3182]

ready for helping

[@shams1852]

Can you give me some sources (books, websites...) dealing with the Kurdish language please, I might be interested in this language as well ;)

[@zeropsaft]

Kurdish people are amazing love from Greece 🇬🇷 ❤️.

[@holmnies4066]

Ρε Μπαμπάς Μου Χριστός Ειναι Πάνω Ευχαριστουμε πολυ Ελλαδα ❤

[@normal7877]

​@Songül Evren pls take Ur shitty country and Ur boyfriend Azerbaijan back to Siberia no one wants you there

[@bonibonkorkmaz1349]

​​@Songül Evren Türkiye kürtlerin de ülkesi şıllık. Asıl seni alsın bir güzel de becersin seni

[@TURKEY_ARAB_COUNTRY_SUPER_ARAB]

@Songül Evren we will take turks to iran and mongolia 1st

[@TURKEY_ARAB_COUNTRY_SUPER_ARAB]

@Songül Evren you are only 800 years in anatolia and only 200 in balkan we greeks , kurds , armenians are in balkasn for 6890 years, and in balkans for 7000 years

[@muhammadgul5903]

I m a Baloch I can understand most of Kurdish Words

[@bisarzamintarazbad5361]

Because balochi, luri, persian, kurdi, mazani, gilaki, tati, ossetian, pamiri,Pashtun are Iranik language

[@bhka6423]

@@bisarzamintarazbad5361 Yes, but you can't understand Ossetian

[@bisarzamintarazbad5361]

@@bhka6423 تا حدود کمی قابل فهم است. تا جایی که میدانم، حدود ۲۰ درصد قابل فهم است و اعداد نیز تا حدود زیادی با فارسی یکی است. مردم اوستیایی زبان و فرهنگ خودشان را حفظ کرده اند اگرچه تحت تاثیر ناحیه ی قفقاز نیز هستند

[@bhka6423]

@@bisarzamintarazbad5361 درسته، ۲٪ قابل فهم است

[@MrMorid]

These are all dialects of Persian, village to village the Persian dialects changing, that if you stay for one or two days you will understand

[@Ch-ko5jm]

bro , i'm a Kurd from the "Goran" tribe , and Gorani is not a different language ! its just another dialect which is a mix between Surani and Kurmanji , sometimes called Surmanji

[@Sara-wv3ms]

Which villages speak Gorani btw? Can you send a song in Gorani I want to know if I can understand it, I speak broken badini

[@slavops9599]

Sera Shane he must be from hewraman or helebce🤔

[@Ch-ko5jm]

Sera Shane Kalakchi , Bardarash , Shexan , and many others

[@Ch-ko5jm]

Sera Shane Also all of Garmiyan

[@Ch-ko5jm]

Irān-e Bozorg Ērānšahr , hahaha😅😅 brother, I am a member of the Goran Tribe , and i Live in Duhok where Kurmanji(Badini) is spoken , and I speak both Badini (Kurmanji) AND gorani , there is no difference between them , Gorani just mixes some of the Kurmanji and Sorani words

[@creasem01st65]

As a native Kurdish Sorani speaker, we (sorani speakers) tend to have difficulties in speaking the other dialects, although we do understand them. Btw love ur vids🤗🤗🤗

[@adityanawani8134]

Aland 1263 🤗🤗🤗

[@dileriano7529]

I bet you can't even understand kurmancî provided that you haven't talked to a kurmanc yet. I myself am a kurmanc and currently live in Sulemani, so I know exactly how it goes when a Soranî meets a Kurmancî for the first time. Literally, you need a translator while it is a sad fact though.

[@Meer17251]

@@dileriano7529 i understand people from duhok quite easily but further north nope 😂. Also i am a suleimany.

[@Samezz69]

I understand everything kurmanji Kurdish speakers from turkey and Syria I'm sorani speaker from Iran it's super hard for me to get what kurmanji Kurdish speakers from Iran and Iraq say . I wonder why????!!!

[@Josef-cb4jf]

@@dileriano7529 As a native Sorani speaker, Kurmanci just sounds like Turkish gibberish to me 😂😂😂😂

[@moayusf]

As a Kurd Who Speak Kurmanji I send respect to you brother Paul For sharing our language With All your followers ❤️ Slav ji Kurdîstani❤️☀️💚

[@aran2457]

What are your tips to a sorani speaker, ez kemek kurmanjî dizanim :) ?

[@zhiar3052]

@@aran2457 Zor besît e birakem, 3 şit bigore îtir to be kurmancî qise dekey: 1. Eke/ekan bekar mehêne: Melê jineke, bilê jin Melê xelkeke, bilê xelk Melê berdekan, bilê berd 2. Cênawekanî (m, t, y, man, tan, yan) bigore bo cênawî serbexo: Melê destim, bilê destî min Melê sertan, bilê serî êwe Melê kureketan, melê kurekey êwe, bilê kurî êwe. 3. Eger le yek dane zyatir bû le birî (ekan), (ên) bekar bêne: Melê kurekanman, bilê kurên me Melê xwardine xoşekan, bilê xwardinên xoş Tenya em 3 şite bigore îdî kurmanc lêt tê degen

[@pandachan5990]

Slav (:

[@holmnies4066]

@@pandachan5990 Slav Va Slav Da Bra Bra der Bra dek Bra dik Bro Bro der Bro dek Bro dik Brother All English speakers. A-Z

[@rjheisenberg839]

Kermanji is not kurdish fak you, you are turk

[@rabarrizgar5868]

Im a kurd, from south kurdistan i speak sorani dialect. I understand both kurmanji, and kelhuri(pehlewani) , and much of gorani. And we all consider us as a kurd and we are proud. Thank you for your concern about our language, very nice vedio.

[@mervank.102]

How are causativ sentences in sorani Kurdish? Barzani had a mosque built in Erbil(causativ) Barzani built a mosque in Erbil SORANİ=? Osman had a photo taken( causativ) Osman took a photo SORANİ=? I had my hair cut (causativ) I cut my hair SORANİ=?

[@basharalhashimi6187]

Who is the best Arabic, Kurdish and international Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, distributor, technecian and singer or musician in the title, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, videoclip director, label, and music disturbuter according to your point of view or who can make good job if he cooperates with others???

[@zhiar3052]

@@mervank.102 Barzanî mizgewtêkî le Hewlêr be dirustkirdin da. Barzanî mizgewtêkî le Hewlêr dirust kird. Osman wêneyekî be girtin da. Osman wêneyekî girt. Min qijî/pirçî xom be çakkirdin da. Min qijî/pirçî xom çak kird.

[@zhiar3052]

@@mervank.102 Do yiu want explanation?

[@liukang3545]

south kurdistan hahahh kurdistan is not even a country

[@nb9916]

I’m baloch from Iran our language and culture is very similar Salams 👊🏽❤️

[@MessiMerdo]

@@Hon18a Balochi is so close to Kurdish it can actually be considered part of the Kurdish macro language family. So the relationship is much more than just islamic connection.

[@arkhan684]

@@MessiMerdo there is a tribe called kurd in balcohs. There's also a gabol tribe which is in baloch and Kurds both .

[@bornasalehi5874]

yes. becuase both of these languages comes from median language that was an iranian language.

[@nb9916]

@@bornasalehi5874 Also Parthian because Baloch are descendants of the Parthian empire and Parthians are amongst ancestors of Kurds

[@magi1532]

@@nb9916 Kurds and Balochs are median 💪

[@ANSKF]

thanks for explaining 👉⁦♥️⁩ زۆر سوپاس

[@madara-dt8dx]

👍

[@jassicausa8178]

thank you so much

[@mardokhy_m]

kura xo kurd

[@pinksquad3389]

👍👍👍🖤🖤

[@bayadjahfar6700]

ئەتوو لێرە چدەکەی عەلاء😂😂😞😎

[@CCCP_Again]

I live in Pakistan but I have kurdish in ma genes so hopefully I will learn kurdish one day!

[@BigMoney398]

Panjuk

[@CCCP_Again]

@TTW W no brother my family moved from kurdistan about 180 years ago to India as merchants

[@CCCP_Again]

@TTW W its a unique instance i guess

[@CCCP_Again]

@AHMED_BELUC BALOCH bhai mei punjab se nai hun Astore se hun

[@mugsnat6860]

Don’t it’s a waste of time

[@aryanboy8409]

I am Tajik, your language is very similar to our language. we are One. we love you🙋🏻‍♂️🌹🦁🇹🇯💐❤🌸

[@dyako85]

@TTW W kurds not speak Persian,kurds speak Kurdish...your wrong bro Kurdish history older than persian.....

[@simkoshkak6732]

Love You too ❤️

[@sheroibrahim1088]

@Furkan we are not iranic family we are ariyan family

[@nishantkrsharma]

Aryans are the best. Love from India ❤

[@sheroibrahim1088]

@Prince Of Persia in your dream we be iranic (we are ariyan kurd KURDISTAN

[@gabagam.1977]

As a Polish, also speaking Russian, the example with the word jin - woman was like WOW. It's incredible how you can still notice those similarities between such distant Indo-European langueages. Jin - żona - жена - жінка.

[@psychomeen]

Both russian and polish languages are indo-european languages just like kurdish

[@Muhammed324.]

Rusça ve Kürtçenin birçok benzer kelimesi var

[@samitori9854]

dat - dan Znat - zanîn Byt - bûn Spasibo - sipas Mysh - mishk Brat - bra Dyva- di Chytyri - char Shest - shesh Sto - set … Those are few that I remember which really sound similar in addition to many that distantly sound similar. There is a real Indo-European connection:)

[@Ultima770]

Also how for магазин Farsi has magazeh. I am always surprised to see similarities like these as I am learning both Russian and Farsi. Kurdish would we great

[@jvghibli]

@@Ultima770 it comes from French though. The french word for "shop" is magasin, pronounced: "muh-guh-zuh" xD

[@fmfarhan]

I speak Persian and I find (Sorani) Kurdish easy to learn with many common words. I believe after a few lessons, I should understand it pretty well. With a few more lessons I should be able to communicate. Looking forward to learn it!

[@shan3696]

Persian and Kurdish tow member in one family I am Kurdish native and I understand some Iranian language and I never try to learn

[@appleuserapple8940]

Shan Khasraw I’m Kurdish from the UK what’s you Instagram or something ? I wanna get to know you

[@kozhinwolf7447]

@@appleuserapple8940 kaka peyday bida ba mnish 🤣🤣

[@kurdishmusician]

@@shan3696 its not true ,persi is persi kurdy is kurdy٫kurds the older than persian and turkish language,according to wikipedia kurds language has 1,200,000 words while persian has 250,000 words

[@pedramnazari]

Kurdish is almost the same as Persian. There is almost no difference between them, especially the Kurds in Iran, like Lori, which are quite understandable.

[@faru7a290]

I’m from Kurdistan region I speak kurmanji and sorani. I love all Kurds ❤️

[@MasiukA]

I always notice Indo-European connections. Jin in Kurdish appears to be a cognate of жінка (zhinka) in Ukrainian. Also, Kurdish the verb dîtin "to see" is similar to Ukrainian (watch) дивитися (dyvytysja). Object pronoun "Min" in Kurdish resembles мене (mene) in Ukrainian. Also, the negative particle "ne" is virtually the same in Kurdish and Ukrainian. I noticed numerous other examples of similarity as well. Amazing how Indo-European languages have this kind of similarity, but you have to look deeply to notice it.

[@wedoalittleeco-trolling9126]

Jin is also somewhat similar to Polish "żona" and Serbian жена

[@everydayrubbish8962]

kurdish is not european, it is arabic, you may have similar words, same as in indian language, it passed with trades and selling, not cultural. Kurdish people same with arabs and iranians. Not european, europeans are white people and live in a different continental.

[@everydayrubbish8962]

@@98267024 kurds don't have any connection with any white people or european countries. kurds have geneti connection with iranians and arabs.

[@everydayrubbish8962]

@No U many japanese words same with swedish words, japanese have connection with vikings??

[@everydayrubbish8962]

@@98267024 no kurdish people and persian people dark skinned arabic people from middle east, slavic and white people live in a different continent it is europe. everyone know all arabic people wants to be european but your skin colour and physical looks same with india pakistani arabic people, you are not white.

[@mannaz_y]

What's up with the amount of dislikes on this video? Stop bringing your political hatred over here. This is a video on a language ffs

[@medaizeh2401]

Luqman Nazery turks dont know that, they see the word " kurd " they dislike.

[@mediaerdo1161]

From racist Arab and Turks!!

[@cruentorum9509]

I can't agree more.

[@vexxcon8125]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@mahomadabrahimabenjucef]

Chauvinists like Turkish or Spanish/Hispanic or French or British/English or Russian or Moroccan nationalists/patriots believe that only those who are like them, speak like them, feel like them and have their nation-state culture, language and name (and sometimes even religion) as their own have the right to exist within the borders of their nation-states, other peoples/ethnicities/nationalities that don't fit to their plebeian jacobin-racist imperialist mentality and worldview, whether authoctonous or foreign, have no right to be there within "their" borders according to them. That's the poison of modern nationalism/patriotism and thus racism that originated in England, Germany and France and spread all over the world like the clap throughout the last centuries and has caused countless ethnocides, genocides, cultural repressions and linguicides.

[@leenmirani5795]

My dialect is Kurmanji, and it took time to learn some Sorani by talking to Sorani speaking friends and watching Sorani programs despite that it is hard to grab what they say at first instance. Once you learn about grammar rules and break down sentences it becomes a bit easier. I still consider both dialects Kurdish in addition to other dialects, because the Kurdish language is rich with vocabulary and every dialect is using specific ones in addition to some grammar changes. Loved the topic, thank you for shedding light on Kudish language❤

[@abdiiichkannnichmehhrrr5802]

What kind of Programs did you watch and can you recommend me some? My dialect is also Kurdish. I also wanna learn the Sorani dialect.

[@arendari8757]

i also have a kurmanji friend that can speak sorani because of people he met and played with in pubg

[@elliecharlton68]

Would you be able to help me? I have taken in an asyum seeker, Kurmanji speaking, he does not read or write so i cannot translate to speak to him :(

[@SanSD1]

Dislikes are the racist people that are against kurds. We need more peace no more racism let us be noticed like other countries and hopefully we can be an independent state. Love from Kurdistan

[@maccybear8093]

Nobody is against Kurds, just paranoia.

[@innerchildwontchange]

bet most of 'em are turks lmao

[@jam-trousers]

Paul is humane, deeply respectful and civilized. Wish the rest of KZbin were like him

[@seid3366]

He's like 38. Most yts are only in their 20s, and haven't learned that info Paul has.

[@mohammadebrahiminejad8757]

as a Persian native speaker i found Sorani Kurdish so much similar .for example: "he saw me" Sorani Kurdish : ew mini dit. Persian : ow (oo) manra did. i like Kurdish people and i always wear their traditional pants at home and even now that i am typing this comment :)

[@karlacabello5277]

Mohammad Ebrahiminejad 😂😂😂we love you too

[@huoriel6495]

And luri: ow mone di

[@hevalemin4203]

Mohammad Ebrahiminejad I love Kurdish People to I'm wearing a Keffiyeh in the U.S. to represent Kurdish culture.✊✌

[@Aryan111ize]

thats bcause were both same in history a part of indu eurupi then kurdish left iran to kurdistan and their language changed like half of it

[@selamsalem6738]

this is absolutely ridiculous the kurdish language belong to Mesopotamien and European languages too. you got wrong information.

[@johnnysilverhand7292]

Dislikes show how Kurds are oppressed by some people

[@eroldp4106]

Dislikers are mostly Turks, from Turkey.

[@princessangelica9496]

@@Muhammad.Sherzad i love Kurds ❤️ we are sisters 🇹🇷 ❤️☀️💚

[@disco_depression]

Imao no we turks don't mind kurds but we don't give a shit about your edgy fantasies so yeah. I only watched this to hear about you more that's it

[@ayazma2712]

@@eroldp4106 no im turkish from turkey, i liked it.! Stop blaming us!

[@Aryan_pride]

@BODAY turks are mankurtlar (ex-kurds). True Kurds hate mankurtlar

[@niwar4201]

We appreciate a big youtuber like you remembered us, thank you from iraqi-kurdistan

[@quentasilmarillion552]

My family's origin is Turkish but been mixing with local Kurds from Canbeg tribe for almost 150 years which makes us almost no different than local Kurds. My grandfathers and father grew up bilingual. But the point is that they don't understand dialects of other tribes and other cities fluently but get the meaning of their sentences, songs etc. When I show them cultural stuff from the Canbeg tribes from other cities, they understand these people more than others. But for Sorani and Gorani, they think it's almost completly different. As for the new generation, they're more open in terms of understanding the structure of other dialects of Kurdish in other cities and regions. Because they're seeing vocabulary from the materials on the internet and the social media. Just like other family groups, it makes it easier to see other dialects of a language group on a common alphabet system. I also experienced it from Turkic languages. When they put their sentences into Latin alphabet, it's easier for a Turkish speaker to understand more of Turkmen, Kazakh,Kyrgyz,Uyghur etc languages. Because you can't notice it by speaking and miss to hearing many words

[@_j_8299]

Anadilde eğitimi de istersin sen. Yalakqlik uğruna hainlik yapma

[@-Mitra-]

Why Turkish language didn't have its own alphabet and just borrowed the Latin one?

[@aran_237]

I'm a native Kurdish speaker and this video actually taught me some things I didn't know. Great video!

[@akoali7315]

Aran_Ace 23 . me too

[@nihadomar2115]

إز زي

[@millyadons7895]

Kurd and proud ❤️💛💚

[@akoali7315]

Razan Snoor 👑💪✌

[@ilhamionur]

Because it's made up.

[@maganiss]

Wow! I'm a native Persian speaker and I live among Kurds. I saw your videos about Persian and Kurdish. They are awesome! Your precision in explaining delicate details, your pronouciation, the pictures in the background of the videos, all terrific!

[@zam5791]

Your surname has turkish ending -lou. But you are native persian speaker. Are you assimilated iranian turk or is it your husband's family name?

[@Yuhang198]

+zam mob Turks and persians share a lot similarities. Turks lived in Iran since Seljuq invasion, which is almost 1000 years. It is nothing strange for a Turk to have a persian name like "Farhâd" or "Firuz" or for a Persian have Turkic name like "Toqrol" or "Arsalân".

[@seyedmohammed3575]

yea so if somene in turkey has a name dilara is a assimilated turkish persian 😂😂

[@safiallohjontagoeb3876]

Assalam aleykum Kurdistan Tajikistan 💚💚🇹🇯🇹🇯

[@xwezanxwenas9237]

Alaykum salām barādarē azīzē man drūd bar Tocikiston va hama ē īron az Kordha.

[@stalin5759]

Aleyküm selam🇧🇴🇧🇴

[@blyat5352]

Tajiks are Turks

[@karzankurdish7957]

@@blyat5352 no bro Tajik r Persian

[@karzankurdish7957]

Love Tajikistan from Kurdistan 🇹🇯❤️

[@unknownylds6046]

Kurdish is amazing language. I love kurds and kurdish..👏👏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@sherseo]

Thank you so much for telling the truth!!!!!!! I am teaching my half-Korean half-Kurdish child with your video !! Big hugs from Australia :-)

[@bhka6423]

Donna Sparrow Half-Korean and half-Kurdish? Interesting mix.

[@sherseo]

Tabriz 77 11 thank you dear 🌞☺️🙏

[@bhka6423]

Donna Sparrow You’re welcome.

[@cheyennekurd]

maybe that's the first human being

[@sherseo]

Shawn K Shawn K thank you for your comment! Do you mean maybe the first korean kurdish mix? I know one kurdish man whose married to a Swedish woman of korean heritage. If you’re interested, see our daughter on my Instagram @donna.sparrow, kind regards

[@bewar1980]

I’m so happy for this my mom speaks Kurmanji and my dad speaks Sorani . I know both of them but I want to learn more. Thank you

[@BilalAli-qn7gh]

As an Iraqi guy, I know some Sorani Kurdish! It’s a beautiful dialect but the grammar is kinda hard yet unique!

[@Alikianipanah1995]

As an Iranian Lur-Bakhtiyari i have to say "Bezhi Kurdistan, Baradaran" Viva Kurdistan brothers❤️🇮🇷🙏

[@denoemrys5995]

Lur and Kurds have the same kulture .

[@Alikianipanah1995]

@@denoemrys5995 almost 80 90% same

[@jeffsokol2524]

Thanks king

[@user-qf6lx4pm6j]

We are not same​@@denoemrys5995

[@ahmadbekzad6088]

Am a Farsi apeaker the Kurdish language is very near Farsi.anyway i love the Kurds

[@oneofthefansofniall4319]

Hi brother ı have been learning persian as a kurds how old are you

[@facelessvoid521]

The persian people have to support kurds. We are relatives.

[@arganargan8310]

@@facelessvoid521 we are brother,maad and pars and partian(afganistan and tajikestan)

[@kamilzamadov4173]

I love Kurdish people Kurdish music most beautiful music in the world

[@kamilzamadov4173]

I am from azerbaijan l live in Ganja city

[@quantummath]

Thanks Paul! Very interesting! I'm a native Persian speaker and the way that the sentence is composed in "Sorani" Kurdish language, which goes "I see the men" (min piawaken debinm) , is understandable for all Persian speakers. It might not "immediately" make sense, but with a bit of deconstruction, it's certainly intelligible. When I hear Kurdish spoken by Iranian Kurds, I don't understand the language entirely, but I certainly can pick up enough words to understand the topic and key points, in most cases.

[@kosartofiq1689]

A kurdish person if hear some farsi sentence can understand to topic too

[@jakemayi]

A. M. Goudarzi yah bro Kurdish and Persian are very close a friend of mine had a Persian book when I read it I understood most of it

[@GameGourmand]

Actually Kurdish is very Persian that's why :)

[@EagleEye20121]

As kurdish Bahdini Kurmanji speaker. Sorany from Sulaimany South of Kurdistan is difficult. The majority who speak Kurmanji can't understand Persian.

[@Gutians]

I'm fluent in both Persian and Kurdish 😊

[@jonibri9793]

Kurmanji speaker here, I was born in Europe so for me it’s been a little tricky to understand sorani, however I’ve worked with a lot of sorani speakers and now understand them better. My parents on the other hand have no problems understanding them, it’s like English really, if a southern American was born in say Asia, they would only truly learn/fully understand their parents native southern American English accent, but would struggle with some British accents, while their parents would have no issue understanding any English dialect!

[@Kobulione]

My mother tongue is Dari from Afghanistan . I think for me it will be easy to learn Kurdish because we have many similarities between our languages . Bo drud !

[@itzzlana1612]

Hi dear, hope you're doing well! are you trying to learn Sorani Kurdish by any chance? I am currently teaching and would be more than happy to help! If you needed anything or someone that teaches Sorani Kurdish feel free to reach out to me, I am currently teaching Kurdish as well as Beginner and Intermediate English language. Best of luck!

[@maryjanepotterhead6174]

🤗🤗Thank you very much for the video, I Like kurdish languague , Greetings from Lima Perú🤗

[@Ahmedqamislo]

Are you kurdish?

[@tumertokay4121]

@@Ahmedqamislo ıam kurdish

[@Revert2010]

Princessjenniferxd You are very sweet thank you for sharing and caring about Kurdish language Where are you from if you don’t want me asking ❤️

[@trashtom6652]

im a kurdish

[@tumertokay4121]

@@trashtom6652 my from meleti and Diyarbakır. Now live in İSTANBUL

[@Rezpectit]

I'm amazed by your syntactic knowledge of so many languages. Thank you for sharing.

[@syasharazwry2056]

برارؤ له دانيماركؤ قور بةو سةرمه به بئ هيچ دوو هةفته سجنى كردم

[@nagihangot6133]

Are you fully genetically Kurdish?

[@jackwhitestripe7342]

@@PrivateerJimmy Not hybrid, full Kurdish.

[@jackwhitestripe7342]

@@PrivateerJimmy 99.99% of Kurds in Scandinavia are political immigrants from Middle East, who came for welfare benefits. There is practically no "hybrid" among them. You are hybrid Danish only if one of your parents are ethnic Danish. But hybrid Danish-Kurdish is very rare.

[@jackwhitestripe7342]

@@PrivateerJimmy banshi salam bro

[@RAIN-nh4fy]

❤❤❤❤❤ ⚪⚪☀️⚪⚪ 💚💚💚💚💚 As a KURDISH, as much as the honore of our immortal MARTYRS, as much as the height of our mounts, as much as the warmth of the burning fire in NEWROZ (KURDISH new year)'s celebrations, as much as the braveness of our soilders (PEŞMERGE,YPG,HPJ...) as much as the glory of our flag, as much as the love of KURDS to KURDISTAN, i send love to each KURD in any corner of the world who hasn't deny his origin yet and for those who are still and continuously proud to be KURDS and also especially for all the one from any country of the world who respects us.❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤ ⚪⚪☀️⚪⚪ 💚💚💚💚💚 ✌🏻KURDIM✌🏻 ✌🏻2+2=1✌🏻

[@greatsaid5271]

love Kurdish brothers and sisters from rojh halat❤💛💚

[@Safaaa627]

♥️

[@simkoshkak6732]

Love from Başûr

[@giulianomartinez7163]

Love from Bakur ✌️✌️✌️

[@user-ix4oo8ki1n]

بژیت

[@jiyonshorahmatov6536]

the background pictures brings to mind the mountains of my country - Tajikistan 🇹🇯, Love Kurdistan from Tajikistan ❤️

[@cheyennekurd]

Zende bad

[@vexxcon8125]

Thank you, and i hope that you have no problem with us borrowing you're flag 😂☺️

[@mxrvomar4120]

TURK GAMER haha we are not terrorists erdogan is a insecure tyrant

[@asia.39]

i love tajikistan am kurdish pepol and i now english hi jiyonsho

[@mohammedmalazada9150]

We have recpect from Kurdistan to Tajikstan and we use your flag because we are not country and your flag pretty much like Kurdish flag

[@tronerman]

When you mentioned the language's name, I already knew the comment section was going to be political lol

[@user-zj6hn4nb1m]

Turks just can't stop themselves can they

[@thehalmoni3586]

@@user-zj6hn4nb1m ne konuda mesela?

[@facelessvoid521]

Go to that Video of turkish language . U cant find any kurds there who showing disrespect.

[@user-zj6hn4nb1m]

@@facelessvoid521 Exactly, very well said! It is just Turks bitching on Kurdish videos. You never see kurds disrespecting Turks on videos about turkish culture or anything. It is as if Turks express their nationalism by hating Kurds.

[@facelessvoid521]

@@user-zj6hn4nb1m even arab and persian people who have conflict as well with kurds, dont do that. Only turks do that.

[@remiss3804]

I speak Sorani and i understand all of the Kurdish dialects but not 100%. Its important to notice that even Sorani or Kurmanji can sound different from one city to another. Because of assimilation policies by Iraq, Iran and Turkey, the Kurdish dialects are heavily influenced in some cities. I.e in Kirkuk, where they more frequently use Arabic words, since Kurdish was prohibited under Saddams regime. I also speak 3 other languages and understand 7-8 in total. Kurdish is a great door-opened to learn new languages. You learn to basically pronounce every vocal there is. Thanks for a precise video ✌🏽

[@tirevama2196]

First of all this is a great video thank you for sharing As a Syrian Kurdish who wasn’t taught how to write or read in Turkish for only the last year before I moved to UK, I can say that understanding the Sorani language is really difficult for me. I have friends her I can understand some words but mostly I can’t understand them. I hope one day I will learn Kurmanji and that one day kurds will all be united in one country.

[@simkoshkak6732]

Rasta Biji Kurd❤️

[@ihath]

Thank you for educating us on the languages of the world. Your videos are fascinating.

[@marioemanuelelamura8090]

I agree with you, Ihath

[@ihath]

:-)

[@maxlongfoot1479]

loved this video, had no idea Kurdish was such a beautiful language and that it was indo-European, i learnt a lot :)

[@SuhilMiro]

Very nice and well explained! Thanks for your interest in the Kurdish language.

[@mitrakurdkalhor7175]

Im kalhor pahlewani kurd from Iran💙💚

[@hilalgunes8857]

How are they treating you in Iran, Turkey I'm buff?

[@bhka6423]

@@hilalgunes8857 In Iran the government treats Kurds like others in Iran: shit.

[@amdabdulla1287]

Bijî Kurdistan

[@rasoulbehravesh1181]

As a Kurd I really appreciate your work. Thank you very much!

[@aboalzoz7818]

I am kurd from Rojava , and I can speak the three Kurdish Dialects : Kurmanjî , Badînî and Soranî. Concerning your question, the Kurdish language is one and divides into three basic branches and some minor ones like zazakî and goranî. I have been in Başûr (Iraqi Kurdistan ) for five years and I found a lot of mutual words.the difficulty is in the way they combine this words , the composition of the sentence. Another significant difference that you didn’t mention in your video is the use of letter V. In kurmanjî it is excessively used while in Soranî they use (W or Y ) instead of it. For example : Onion , pîvaz , piyaz Shepard, şivan, şiwan Water , av , aw Guest , mêvan , mêwan ===== Finally, I would like to thank you for this great video.

[@jenny8296]

Your Rojava BS dream is not a thing and will never become a thing.

[@katalbinson6562]

Jenny Sleabi That was a dumb statement.

[@jenny8296]

truth hurts

[@arkansady1]

Slaw amn kurde soranema

[@arkansady1]

Hi guys I’m live in Kurdistan and I know all Kurdish language

[@Seleemebdullah]

Obviously Kurdish is a wide language with different accents, and it’s easy to practice other accents but it depends on how much you’ve meet people from other accents.

[@Seleemebdullah]

@Ευαγγελος Αγγελος I agree with you, there’s two Kurdish accents are similar to Persian but other accents are just absolutely different to Persian.

[@MrSouthkurd]

Thank you for ypur video. I am a Sorani speaker and i understand Kurmaji as well. If you go to kurdish school, it will be easier to find out that Sorani and Kurmaji have similiar words but diffirent how to read them.

[@corhydron111]

I wonder if there's a link between the kurdish word for woman "jin" and the Russian word "жена" (pronouned roughly: jena) which means "wife"

[@shkotariq6138]

that's actually %100 true if someone get married we say (he has a (jin) ) but it pronounce same as Russian

[@denizmetint.462]

Well done, zhiné and zhena are definitely related words.

[@shadhjallbo]

Yes, Kurdish is very similar to slavic languages as well, jin is related to jena. another word that is related is mishk and misha which means mouse and jishik and yozhik which means hedgehog. :)

[@Lenin2304]

I also noticed some similarities to Russian. The word for "see" - dit in Kurdish and vidit in Russian, also the word for "tree" - darek and derevo respectively. Pretty interesting.

[@m_andic]

Yeah, they're the same. In Kurdish "jin" has 2 meanings. 1st is "wife", 2nd is "woman"

[@masrurkarimov5542]

This is so great! I am from Tajikistan and I speak Pamirian language which belongs to eastern Iranian language. I found several similarities between Kurdish and Pamirian words and sounds - such as, mala, ez, darek, etc. Thanks for sharing!

[@elkurdiypg2157]

Wow, Very nice. The Pamiri people are very special as they're also a mountain people (as far as I know) and they also speak several languages. That's nice :)

[@user-io9lq2jn5w]

please save this language

[@meraj.M]

💜👍👑

[@oguzhan3601]

I'm a Turkmen from musul and i lear kurdish language (sorani) i love the kurdish people specialy iraqian Kurdish, we love kurds

[@alvin9923]

We love you too brother 😘💙

[@oguzhan3601]

@Atrak I don't care, I am peaceable

[@maninblack115]

Please tell me. What are Turkmens thinking about Kurds? In turkey people dont love kurds so much. Many of them hate from us even they hasn't seen any kurdish. I wonder what the kurds in iraqi Turkmens opinion and how treat Kurdistan govermant to you?

[@oguzhan3601]

@@maninblack115 I do not care about political problems, I love the Kurds my countrymen, regardless of the name of the country, they are partners with me on the land and the homeland It is enough that they are Muslims I love kurds

[@Top10EtiketURL]

Ha tü türki yoksa na?

[@avocados1728]

i can speak persian and i'm planning to learn sorani dialect love my kurdish compatriots in iran. they're friendly and humble people ❤

[@tonymontana4161]

It's hard to get but I have a ton of Kurdish friends here in my part of da US. Cool inviting people.

[@korik.7]

right rinnegan.

[@tonymontana4161]

@@korik.7 ninja art. Almighty push.

[@khabato6274]

@@tonymontana4161 wow i didnt know many of my people live in the US, thats cool :)

[@diyarxalo]

Thanks for the video. I m native Kurmanji speaker and stayed in Iraqi Kurdistan for a while, at the first time it was hard to understand sorani dialect but 1 month later i saw that there are so small differences between Kurmanji and Sorani. And I have to say that, In kurmanji also we say "piya" for person not only "mirov". But "piya" is used only for men. it s pleasure to teach Kurdish, we will be waiting for :)

[@aliemadi4993]

As an Azerbaijani turk who knows also Persian and English and japanese and arabic and Russian , i understood more than 80% of kurdish in this video , its highly close to Persian and i think it Will be easy to learn persian for kurdish people Anyway i wish to learn kurmanji as soon as i end learning arabic

[@diyarxalo]

@@aliemadi4993 I can teach you Kurmanji but as long as you teach me Persian :) Kurdish and Persian are in the same language family.

[@salarhawlery111]

@@aliemadi4993you are right it’s super easy for us , mostly it just takes 3-5 months for kurds to learn persian and 1 year to arabic

[@emojilover4725]

I love my language. I know Kurmanji and I am trying to learn Sorani dialect. It's a great video. Thanks a lot.

[@hiliax]

Man kurmanji is too hard for me i just replace w with z like aw to az idk if that makes any since but yeah that's it lol

[@emojilover4725]

@@hiliax Yes you are right. Frankly, I didn't understand it at all when I first started studying Sorani, but then I realized that although these two beautiful dialects look quite different from each other, they are very similar. Because it's the same language. I watched videos and listened to songs. In this way, I developed myself a little more. Anyway, I just want to say this. Sorani is a very beautiful dialect. If you can speak this dialect, know that you are very lucky. Because I would really like to be able to speak Sorani. 🥰🥰🥰(I've talked too much, sorry 😁)

[@hiliax]

It's ok same as kurmanji in my opinion kurmanji songs are way better than sorani it's really calming

[@luishernandezblonde]

I'm Polish and I absolutely love Kurdish, our Indo-European brethren in the Middle East. They deserve better though.

[@samitori9854]

Respects and loves to Polish people from Kurdistan🤗

[@kurdishmountainlion2516]

Im kurdish from peshmerga family we love 🇵🇱 polish people

[@oryahamedamin3785]

Thank you

[@HumbleCaesarB.C.E]

Thanks 🌹

[@hypnoskales7069]

Kurdistan kind of reminds me of partitioned Poland in 19th century

[@Hussein20x]

We are studying Kurdish in Baghdad at the high school⁦🇮🇶⁩🖤😀

[@AlAmin-hq3nf]

really 😮

[@zhiar6673]

Wow, it must be really tough!! Is it mandatory btw? And since when is it? تحیاتي من السلیمانية..

[@firozpk6926]

Rumors

[@runaz1236]

Seriously???

[@ahmedkmq]

I didn’t know that!

[@zeeshanzee561]

Im from india and love kurdish people and kurdish language for me its a dream to learn kurdish and visit there...hope Allah subhanwataala fulfill my dreams! Love from india...

[@choachdiamond]

Omg.love back from Kurdistan

[@xalidahmed6267]

Zeeshan Zee how can I help you bro

[@artmeow21]

Zeeshan Zee thank u im kurdish and i hope u can be in kurdistan one day

[@kurdishman7819]

BULGARS AND KURDS ARE BROTHERS BULGARCA - KÜRTÇE az ne znam - ez nı zanım = ben bilmiyorum -( farsça men nomi dune) -( ermenice yes ch'gitem) az - ez = ben ( farsça man) znaya - zana = bilmek ( farsça dune) znam - zanım = bildim ( farsça man dune) ot kude si - te kude ri = nereli, nerelisin bashta - bav'a = baba ( farsça pader) maika - dayika, daye= anne( farsça mader) baba - dap,kal, dappir- nine prodazhba - frotand = satmak preriya - friya = kırılmak ( farsça şikest) pisalka - penus = kalem ( farsça qalem) kudeto - kudere = nerede ( farsça ki) kuche - kûçi,kutiya= köpek ( farsça kelb) zhena - jina,jin = kadın brat - bra = kardeş ( farsça berader) step - steppe = bozkır ( farsca daşti) bulka - buka = evli gelin ( farsça arus) vurvya - revyâ = yürümek ( farsça râftan) ukho - guhk = kulak ( farsça goş) nos - poz, pırnık = burun ( farsça baynee) gúrlo - gewro = boğaz danak - telaq = dalak ( farsça ispurç) kost - hest = kemik ( farsça ustuxan) dúrvo - daré = ağaç gazela - xezala = ceylan era - era = -çak ( farsça zamoni) kürtler ve bulgarlar eskiden güney rusyada yaşıyordu viking saldırısı sonrası bir kısım kürtler doğu macaristana göç etti diğerleride günümüz ortadoğu bölgesine göç ederek asimile edildi ( iraniler tarafından asimile edildi vs) Rusça teşekkür = spasiba Ukraynaca = spasiybe Kürtçe = spas bwe , spas dıkım the bulgarians are not slaves, they are assimilated. Kurds and Bulgarians used to live in Russia. Kurds were assimilated by Iranians, Kurds and Bulgarian brothers kurds and bulgars steps( rusia and ukraine) 1. www.google.com/search?q=kurds+bulgars&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=niv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTnNKEt5vjAhUiXRUIHYVHAXkQ_AUoAnoECAsQAg&biw=360&bih=560&dpr=3#imgrc=RuSvFRP9pChfJM

[@kamalmuhammad1736]

l'm from kurdistan and l love you too thanks bro and l can learning you language kurdish

[@Arab.Mesopotamian]

From Wasit, Iraq 🙌 Kurds are our brothers, there are many Feyli Kurds in the Eastern Part of Wasit Province. Peace ✌🏿

[@simkoshkak6732]

peace to you Brother I think it’s in Badra Yes?

[@Arab.Mesopotamian]

@@simkoshkak6732 Peace unto you. Yes correct brother

[@helpmeget50ksub29]

@@Arab.Mesopotamian تقدر تفهمني شنو قلت☺

[@Arab.Mesopotamian]

@@helpmeget50ksub29 انا قلت: من واسط ، أكراد العراق هم إخواننا ، وهناك العديد من الأكراد الفيليين في الجزء الشرقي من محافظة واسط. سلام ✌🏿

[@helpmeget50ksub29]

@@Arab.Mesopotamian أحب الاكراد بس سياستهم عنصرية بحته تدعو للانفصال الاكراد عن العراق

[@diatome6596]

I am from Turkey. I love Kurds❤

[@bakkalgazi2401]

Thanks ❤️ ı am kurd

[@roojkurdu6848]

We also love turkish people but unfortunately we are so hated in turky just because we wanted to make a Independent country and just we love you so much ❤️🌱

[@diatome6596]

@@roojkurdu6848 Turkey doesnt belong to turks we fought for this country together ataturks nationalism isnt based on ethnicity so everyone could be happy this way i think because if you have your country usa will take it from you in a few seconds

[@roojkurdu6848]

@@diatome6596 but unfortunately i am Syrian.

[@sadrick1639]

@@uvaxstra7275 And some of them says Ataturk tried to make Turks European.

[@FlyingUnosaur]

My native tongue is Kurdi Sorani. And yes it could be a bit confusing listening to a different dialect for the first time such as Kurmanji. But it's definitely understandable. And I could probably learn to speak it fluently in under a week. I believe that all the Kurdish dialects are a part of one single language.

[@mehmetaydemir6204]

I am a kurd from turkey and l speak kurmanji but l understand sorani and thanks for video

[@cheyennekurd]

Good luck 👍🏻👍👍

[@hamalothbrok34]

al bu da benden my bro i am kurd like you and i can speak and understand kurmanji and sorani like you my wish is we get independent from those four countries and be a nation with contry with all of peace life ❤️

[@zkave1899]

@@hamalothbrok34 no we will not give u eastern turkey and they dont want an independent state

[@kamalmuhammad1736]

l'm kurdish

[@grlgc]

Türk Kürt kardeştir

[@ribwarahmadi]

Thanks for the great presentation! I am a native Kurdish speaker and my dialect is Sorani. The great thing about being a Kurdish native speaker is that you have the opportunity to learn a variety of languages and other Kurdish dialects. The way we pronounce the words helps us learn Arabic easily. Common words make it easier to understand and speak Farsi as well. Also, naturally, we enjoy reading (and listening to) Kurdish, Farsi, and Arabic poems (and songs).

[@sUbScRiBeRswItHoUtvEdEo]

man you explain everything really well and I am just amazed by how accurate your info is on my language, honestly how much research did you do because I was just waiting for you to make a mistake but you didn't lol

[@sinanmusicTV]

I am a Turk and I have lived in Turkey as a child. It is nice to learn something about the language of some of my neighbours. Greetings to all the open minded and kind hearted people out there. Biz insanız. En önemli bu.

[@birnallybirnally5696]

You are welcome we should want peace for all I’m that you respect language and culture of your neighbors

[@rainhawk5264]

Neighbours? what do you mean with neighbours? There are over 20 million autochthone Kurds living in Anatolia!

[@mishel_strogoff]

@@rainhawk5264 so what? They are our neighbors and our brothers

[@gamerkaue88]

@Kurdistan | I think he is saying neighbor in a more literal sense, there's a lot of kurds inside turkey, so some turks have kurd neighbors.

[@choachdiamond]

Teşekkür ederim janım. From Kurds and Kurdistan

[@meyman6544]

I’m a Zaza Kurd from Urfa city. Actually the original Kurdish is Zazaki, and we still call it as “Kirdkî” in our language. And even the geographical distance, Kirdkî (zazaki) still share the same vocabulary with Sorani and Gorani. I also think that Kurmanci has been changed a bit because of the Persian affect on it.. Slam bo heme Kurdan ra ✋️❤️💛💚

[@MrD3vitamin]

I think zaza people are caspian people like us gilakis.

[@gutianwarrior7993]

MrD3vitamin We are not. All Kurds can understand Zazaki, and Zazas can understand Kurmanji. We are Kurds, not Caspian.

[@yavuzsultanselimhan2463]

Urfa City. I visited there and It is a beautiful Turkish city i like it there.

[@ahmadhaji9920]

Hi. As a Zaza speaker do you understand Hawrami which is a gorani dialect in South Kurdistan?

[@gutianwarrior7993]

ahmad haji Hello. No. I understand more Kurmanji than anything else. 😄

[@basharalhashimi6187]

Greetings to the Kurdish people

[@didoheso5421]

🙆🙆

[@FARHAD-xv1td]

I'm Kurdish but you know about kurdish more than me 😂👏👏

[@yadassassin278]

mnish kurdm

[@jakobauger6805]

Time to learn it.

[@shahennawzadyousif6318]

FÂŘ HÂĎ lol 😆 me too

[@ezmanb2576]

I'm a Kurmanji speaker and I studied Kurdish Literature in University, after 20 years of Turkish education. I will try to answer your questions due to my experience: 1- How easy to communicate with speakers of other dialects: It really depends. As you may know, Kurmanji has different accents as well. I can communicate without no problem a Kurmanj from Urmiye(Iran), Qamishlo(Rojava), Diyarbakir(Turkey) and Shingal(Kurdistan Regional Government), we have almost the same accent. But I face with some diffuclties when I speak a Kurmanj from Cizre(Turkey) or Hakkari(Turkey) even if they are geographically closer. About communication with a Soran (Sorani speaker) as a Kurmanj, it's a bit hard at the beginning as they speak very fast. But less than a month work, can make a Kurmanj to be able to understand from them easily. On the other hand when I read today's literature of Sorani, I understand less than half. But when I read modern literature of 100 years ago, I understand more than 70-80 percent. It's beucase of the modernism process of Sorani between 1930-1980s as they removed many non-kurdish words from their language and brought kurdish descent words instead. Kurmanji and sorani become distant from each other. About understanding zazaki: A regular kurmanj who has no education doesn't understand zazaki that much. But as I've seen that zazakî and kurmanji grammar is closer than kurmanji and sorani. The difference is more phonetical, which is not exist between Kurmanji and Sorani. Another thing: Every Zaza, who speaks well Zazaki, understands well from Kurmanji. It may have sociological reasons. 2- Do you consider all dialects of single language: It depends on that we speak which perspective. As I know, It's "Kurdish Languages" in linguistic perspective. From the sociological perspective, we can say that it's one language. For example: When we speak Kurmanji, we say "I'm Kurd / I speak Kurdish", we say for Sorans "They speak Sorani". But when a Soran speak in his own dialect, he might say "I'm Kurd / I speak Kurdish", and he might say for us "They speak Bahdini/Kurmanji". 3- Challenges: The study materials getting better everyday, but still not enough. Ergativity and gender are complex at the beginning. Pronunciation is hard, because there are a lot of voices. We learn many new words that you cannot hear them on streets but can read in books. 4- General experience: I cannot more agree with claim that says "Biggest challenge of Kurdish is not ergativity, but variety of language." Another problem is Kurmanji speaker studies in other languages and uses Kurmanji only at home or in streets. By the time, "the other language" starts to dominate their language mechanism, especially new generation of technology. It becomes harder the make art or literature with it... Thanks for the video. Sincerely...

[@shajogaming4914]

Ezman B a speak harwamy

[@dashtisalam9242]

Ezman B intersting comment 👍

[@qalk100]

Ezman B, very well written. Thanks for the time to share your ideas. It feels great.

[@yourbodyis75waterandimthir44]

I am Zaza and speak Zazaki. I can barely understand Kurmanji though. There is a giant gap between the two dialects.

[@bilindmohammed2980]

Dasu xosh Gullm

[@shexfaxa4178]

Thank you for this beautiful explanation Well done

[@huneremin6333]

Thanks so much for this video! I speak and understand the two main dialect very well. Just because I interacted with the both areas and in general, I like the richness of Kurdish Languages.

[@nikaidoo5848]

Im trying to learn Kurdish its kinda hard but imma learn iT!! MUCHH LOVE FOR THE KURDS FROM MACEDONIA💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💖💖💖

[@nafie5789]

وردە وردە

[@diartkd2280]

I will teach you if you want

[@KING-md4nu]

thanks 😍❤

[@lanahawar8993]

xxxGolden_ Babyxxx no it’s pretty easy just be hopeful:)

[@lanahawar8993]

Gorgum I have no plans I’m Kurdish and I live there.

[@tuncaybal764]

I originally speak kurmanji but I understand all other Kurdish dialects well. A fun fact: The word mother has many different words e.g. Dayê, Dayik, YaDayê, yaDê, Memî, and yaStar I like the word Ya star the most because it means "O star" like "my star" because a mother is like a star to you. So people love your mothers and respect them. P.s: Yes in Kurdish "Star" means star/stêr

[@cheyennekurd]

silav bira ez ji rojhelatim herbijî

[@mariuszpartyka7522]

It's easy for me to memorize for me because in Polish 'yadaye' or 'daye' (or a sound which is almost identical) means 'I give' - and a mother is somebody who gives life.

[@tuncaybal764]

@@mariuszpartyka7522 that's very interessting because Daye means in kurdish "whom gived" Like she give you Life

[@mariuszpartyka7522]

​@@tuncaybal764 There are 2 similar (daye) equivalents in Polish - 'daję' - meaning 'I give' and 'daje' which is 3rd person singular meaning 'gives'. However when you add 'ya' before 'daye' in Polish it sounds like in the word 'Ja daje' which makes it 1st person singular meaning 'I give' - the omission of the proper 1st person ending 'ę' often happens in common speech .

[@npc7679]

damn 7k dislikes? why people are so triggered by Kurdish people?

[@johnrimhong4287]

Because they are (forced to be) a minority and every country around them was made based on a single ethnic nationality that are all extremely nationalistic and racist especially Turks that tried their best to make them look bad in every way and makes their people hate them. Btw how do you see the dislikes? All of KZbin dislike counts are turned off.

[@dumigamez397]

@@johnrimhong4287 Well said.

[@sumeyyeolcay8355]

Köpek soyları dislike atıyor

[@winsomelorainepeter6773]

Thank you for the video. A very good way of learning about the Kurdish language. I love the Kurds, they are some of the most wonderful, loving and caring people on this planet. I have two amazing Kurdish friends, one from Iran and the other from Syria. God bless the Kurds and may their language live on!

[@queenofcats1644]

I’m kurd from Kurdistan, omg thank u for this video I really like it😍 بژی کورد ❤️☀️💚

[@yitiknovelist]

hahaha nick.. "queen of watermelon";)). watermelon feta cheese must for the breakfast. then tea session with cigarette. imagine a kurd prefers something rather than tea? in love with watermelon too.. came here for linguistic but watermelon prevailed again ;) ciao

[@elkurdiypg2157]

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_Region_Kurdistan Autonomous region called Kurdistan.

[@ld5096]

Fatih Tenikeci kurdistan😍🤩

[@mamostakarzan1992]

As a Kurdish, I appreciate your great work .thank you Paul. Viva for the four parts of our great Kurdistan. My dialect is sorani

[@sedefg6781]

Karzan Ahmed kurdıstan?

[@sezarkurd4843]

@@sedefg6781 Yes Kurdish homeland 100 years ago divided 4 part he is from South Kurdistan I am from North Kurdistan.

[@sedefg6781]

Sezar Kurd 😂😂

[@samsheykhi6017]

as a kurd, i can say that we all speak the same language which is kurdish. although, its easy for kurmanjis and soranis to understand each other if they have spent some time together.

[@ShirzadBahrami]

Thank you for this great video. As a Kurd who lives in east-Kurdistan (Iran part) my mother language is "Hawrami" (a totally different language from what you covered) but I also know how to speak "Sorani" and "Farsi" and I understand "Kurmanji". So for me, it's not difficult to understand and speak other Kurdish languages and it's lovely and fun to learn.

[@johnrimhong4287]

Well hawrami isn’t a deferent language, it’s just another dialect of Kurdish and the most beautiful one to sing in.

[@ferhatdoski7804]

Thank you for this video from Kurdistan region of Iraq. I am a native speaker of Kurdish language and it is very easy for me to understand other dialects of Kurdish Language. I am a native speaker of Kurmanji dialect, I can speak Sorani as well and I understand some of Zazaki. As I have observed during the last years many Kurdish tv channels have been opened and this helped Kurds a lot to understand each other from different dialects of different parts of Kurdistan...

[@MrSouthkurd]

I learned many Kurmanji words fron Kurdish Tv channels so that is correct.

[@ferhatdoski7804]

@@MrSouthkurd dest xoş brakem ❤️☀️💚

[@dailamitezaza9948]

Do you really understand our Zaza language? Even Kurds who live in nearby villages can not understand our language. Grammar is too different but all lranic languages have common vocabulary. You may understand context but you can not understand Zaza language. English Sasanid/Zaza/Persian/Kurdish ------------------------------------ snow wafr / vowr / barf / barf mind wir / vir / bir / bir twenty wist / vist / bist / bist fire adur / adur / atash / agir bitter taxl / ta'l / talx / tal see(v) wen / vin / -bin / -bin sight wenayig / vinayi / binayi / binahi long dagr / darg / deraz / deraj skin charm / charm / post / charm lie zur / zur / dorogh / daraw foot pay / pay / pa / pe lamb warrag / varag / barra / barx honey anguben / angmen / asal / hangev said waxt / vat / goft / got say vaz / vaj / bego / beje walnut goz / goz / gardu / guz voice wang / vang / bang / bang black sya / sya / siyah / resh wood dar / dar / chob / taxt wooden daren / daren / chobi / taxtin leaf walg / valg / barg / gur chicken kark / karg / morgh / mereshk brain mazg / mazg / maghz / maji hammer chakuch / chakuch / chakosh / chakuch lightning wirozag / virusk / barq / brusk rain waran / varun / baran / baran horse stor/asp / astor / asp / hasp go! shaw / shuw / boro / hara sheep mesh / meshna / gosvand / miyan eyelash mijag / mijag / moje / muchav girl kanig / kaynak / dokhtar / kech

[@yasirwaleed7453]

@@ferhatdoski7804 احنا من المحيط للخليج واحد يفهم الثاني

[@ferhatdoski7804]

@Ευαγγελος Αγγελος there will be similarities because they are from the same language family. But, if you focus well you will realize that Kurmanji and Sorani are 80% percent similar. Most of my Sorani friends who have learnt Kurmanci say "Before we had thought they are very different but now we know they are very similar".

[@monkeyDlucy-wp8jz]

I’m Gorani and I consider my self kurd

[@kahroj3055]

Silav û rez I don’t know your Language. I am Kormanji .

[@depaeskara422]

@Abraham Unvergesslich Hahaha we and the history consider him a KURDISH ☀️😍

[@depaeskara422]

kurdish nationality's culture is rich and great ❣😍

[@kurd__series4852]

@@kahroj3055 silav li Tajî az soranîma lê am Hamû Kurdîn 😍🇹🇯

[@kahroj3055]

Mhamad Harki من سوراني ئەزانم ، پسیارم ئەوە بوو کە ، ئەو زاراڤە چی زاراڤە (گۆرانی)؟ من ناناسم دەمەوێ بناسم .! لگەل رێز بۆ ھەر لایەک 🤗

[@kemalbiri]

Very well explained, thanks Paul!!

[@klatie256]

Paul, you continue to impress and inspire me with how much respect and truth you afford every culture whose languages you talk about. You somehow manage to truthfully explain what are usually VERY POLITICALLY (or racially) DICEY topics with the utmost honesty and respect afforded to all the peoples involved. It's probably some of the best, non-biased, and objective work I've seen on youtube. Thanks so much!

[@ZaynMalikFanx3]

Why does his kurdish pronounciation Sound so good haha thanks you for this Video, everything you said was true .)

[@soralb6368]

As a native Persian speaker, I find Sorani very easy to understand. Kurmanji is much harder for me.

[@jakemayi]

Sor Alb Surani is easier to learn as well because the Grammer of kurmanji is quit difficult

[@mazini537]

A very rich language despite all assimilation projects put in use by governing countries. Native Kurdish speakers can easily learn most of other languages, but especially Indo-European languages. Kurdish people who have been taught linguistic training can easily understand other dialects of Kurdish language. Thanks for your precious and valuable video about Kurdish language. Regards.

[@holmnies4066]

The A-Z N M X J

[@21bluewave]

thanks for posting this video.. I'm kurdish from hawler and i speak sorani but i find it very easy to understand kurmanji I actually visited cities in north kurdistan and absolutely had no problems in communication, there are differences but if we speak carefully we wont have problems understanding each other.. respect to you all.