Kurdish, Southern

SDH

vigorous

Dialects: Bayray, Feyli, Garrusi (Bijari), Kalhori, Kermanshahi (Kermanshani), Kolyai, Kordali, Luri, Malekshahi (Maleksh ay), Sanjabi. A member of macrolanguage Kurdish ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Western
Northwestern
Kurdish

Demographics: 3,000,000 in Iran (Fattah 2000).

Language Use: Home. Also use Persian [pes]. Also use Northern Luri [lrc].

Language Development: Bible portions: 1894–1900.

Writing System: Arabic

Nation of Origin: Iran

Other Comments: Muslim (Shi’a).