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    Kurdish literature (Kurdish: وێژەی کوردی, romanized: Wêjeya kurdî or ئەدەبی کوردی) is literature written in the Kurdish languages. Literary Kurdish works...
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  • Kurdistan Kurd (disambiguation) Kurdish literature Kurdish music Kurdish rugs Kurdish cuisine Kurdish culture Kurdish nationalism This disambiguation...
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    minimal. The literary output in Kurdish was mostly confined to poetry until the early 20th century, when more general literature became developed. Today, the...
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    Kurds (redirect from Kurdish demographics)
    Kurds or Kurdish people (Kurdish: کورد, romanized: Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which...
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  • have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish writers and poets from...
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    Ey Reqîb (redirect from Kurdish anthem)
    "Ey Reqîb" (Kurdish: ئەی ڕەقیب, pronounced [ɛj rɛˈqiːb]) is the Kurdish national anthem and the official anthem of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of...
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    Newroz or Nawruz (Kurdish: نەورۆز, Newroz) is the Kurdish celebration of Nowruz; the arrival of spring and new year in Kurdish culture. The lighting of...
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    Mem and Zin (category Kurdish literature)
    1692 and is considered to be the épopée of Kurdish literature. It is the most important work of Kurdish writer and poet Ahmad Khani (1651-1707). Mam and...
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    Kurdish is written using either of two alphabets: the Latin-based Bedirxan or Hawar alphabet, introduced by Celadet Alî Bedirxan in 1932 and popularized...
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    referred to as Kurdistan. Most Kurds speak Northern Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Central Kurdish (Sorani). There are various hypotheses as to predecessor...
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    The romanization of Kurdish language is the practice of transcribing the Kurdish, traditionally written in both Arabic and Latin scripts, into a standardized...
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    Kurdish music (Sorani Kurdish: میوزیکی کوردی) refers to music performed in the Kurdish languages and Zaza-Gorani languages. The earliest study of Kurdish...
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  • Joyce Blau (category Kurdish language)
    Egyptian-born French linguist who specialised in Kurdish language and literature. Joyce Blau, editor-in-chief of Kurdish Studies, taught at the National Institute...
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  • Balül (category Kurdish literature)
    language. His poems are considered to be one of the earliest examples of Kurdish literature and poetry. Balül and his fellow poet companions, including Baba Najoom...
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  • KLA (Kurdish Literature Association) and published by Biblica. P. von Oertzen translated the New Testament into Mokri dialect of Sorani Kurdish. The gospel...
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    Kurds in Kazakhstan (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    substantial Kurdish population, Kurdish literature and Kurdish language is taught in the primary and secondary schools. In the village of Kashkabulak, Kurdish students...
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    Farhad Pirbal (category Articles containing Sorani Kurdish-language text)
    the city of Erbil (Hawler) in Southern Kurdistan. He studied Kurdish language and literature in the University of Sulaymaniyah. In 1986, he left Kurdistan...
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    remained a number of Kurdish Christians. Modernly however, the majority of Kurdish Christians are converts. A number of evangelical Kurdish churches have been...
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  • founded in 1992, was an organization focusing on Kurdish literature, language and culture. Kurdish and Turkish intellectuals such as Musa Anter, Yaşar...
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  • list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group. Sometimes these literatures will be called national literatures because...
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    Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness or Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds...
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    Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped...
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    Nasser Razazi (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    Rezazî has contributed greatly to Kurdish literature and art through his music and poetry that combines different Kurdish genres, dialects and musical styles...
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  • Kurdish women (Kurdish: ژنی کوردی, romanized: Jnî Kurdî) have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish society and politics. In general, Kurdish...
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    Kurdish Alevism (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of God/Truth' or Elewîtî) refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses...
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  • Azerbaijani, the country's second largely spoken language), and Kurdish literature (in Kurdish, the country's third largely spoken language), among others...
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    broadcasting in the Kurdish language. In July 2020, Turkey's Council of Higher Education banned students studying the Kurdish language and literature at Turkish...
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  • Modern Iranian literatures include Persian literature, Ossetian literature, Kurdish literature, Pashto literature, and Balochi literature, among others...
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    Sorani Kurdish (Sorani Kurdish: کوردیی ناوەندی, Kurdî Nawendî), also known as Central Kurdish, is a Kurdish dialect or a language spoken in Iraq, mainly...
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    in the United States (Sorani Kurdish: کوردانی ئەمریکا) refers to people born in or residing in the United States of Kurdish origin or those considered to...
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