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color: black; background-color: #c9ffd9;">Southern Kurdish</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:110%; color: black; background-color: #c9ffd9;">کوردی باشووری</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Native to</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurds</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native speakers</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">(6 million cited 2000–2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">Language family</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European</a> <ul style="line-height:100%; margin-left:1.35em;padding-left:0"><li> <a href="/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages" title="Indo-Iranian languages">Indo-Iranian</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">Iranian</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Iranian_languages" title="Western Iranian languages">Western</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Iranian_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern Iranian languages">Northwestern</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish languages">Kurdish</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><b>Southern Kurdish</b></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="plainlist"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Dialects</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feyli_(tribe)" title="Feyli (tribe)">Feylî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalhor_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalhor tribe">Kelhurrî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laki_language" title="Laki language">Lekî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanaqin" title="Khanaqin">Xaneqînî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garus-e_Olya" title="Garus-e Olya">Gerrûsî</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bijar_(city)" title="Bijar (city)">Bîcarî</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermanshah" title="Kermanshah">Kirmaşanî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolyai_District" title="Kolyai District">Kolyai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanj%C3%A2bi_(tribe)" title="Sanjâbi (tribe)">Sanjâbî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malekshahi_(tribe)" title="Malekshahi (tribe)">Melikşayî</a></li> <li>Bayray</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kordali_language" title="Kordali language">Kordalî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korouni_dialect" title="Korouni dialect">Korouni</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">Writing system</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_alphabets#Sorani_alphabet" title="Kurdish alphabets">Kurdish alphabet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic script">Perso-Arabic script</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: black; background-color: #c9ffd9;">Language codes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ISO_639-3" title="ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><a href="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/sdh" class="extiw" title="iso639-3:sdh">sdh</a></code></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Glottolog" title="Glottolog">Glottolog</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sout2640">sout2640</a></code></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Linguasphere_Observatory" title="Linguasphere Observatory">Linguasphere</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hortensj-garden.org/index.php?tnc=1&tr=lsr&nid=58-AAA-c">58-AAA-c</a></code></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG/250px-SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG/375px-SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG/500px-SOUTHERN_KURDISH.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1552" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurdish_languages_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kurdish_languages_map.svg/330px-Kurdish_languages_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kurdish_languages_map.svg/500px-Kurdish_languages_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kurdish_languages_map.svg/640px-Kurdish_languages_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="560" /></a></span><div style="text-align:left;">Geographic distribution of Kurdish dialects and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ef6662; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kurmanji" title="Kurmanji">Kurmanji</a> (Northern Kurdish)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c63143; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sorani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorani">Sorani</a> (Central Kurdish)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#a56c24; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Zaza_language" title="Zaza language">Zaza language</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c8a65d; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Southern Kurdish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gorani_language" title="Gorani language">Gorani</a> is included)</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b3d423; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> mixed dialect areas</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p><b>Southern Kurdish</b> (<a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a>: <span lang="ku" dir="rtl">کوردی باشووری</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Kurdish" title="Romanization of Kurdish">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Kurdish-language romanization"><i lang="ku-Latn">Kurdî Başûrî</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is one of the dialects of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish language</a>, spoken predominantly in northeastern <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and western <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from <a href="/wiki/Khanaqin" title="Khanaqin">Khanaqin</a> in Iraq to <a href="/wiki/Dehloran" title="Dehloran">Dehloran</a> southward and <a href="/wiki/Asadabad,_Iran" title="Asadabad, Iran">Asadabad</a> eastward in Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah2000VII_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah2000VII-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2></div> <p>'Southern Kurdish' is a linguistic term for a group of related dialects in Western Iran. Speakers are not familiar with the term and do not refer to the language as such. They generally identify the kind of Kurdish they speak as a local dialect (the Kurdish of a given village), or as a regional variety such as "Garūsi".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2></div> <p>Southern Kurdish has many variants, linguist Fattah divides them into 35 varieties. These include: </p> <ul><li><b>Bîcarî</b> <ul><li>The most <a href="/wiki/Septentrional" title="Septentrional">septentrional</a> variety of Southern Kurdish spoken in and around <a href="/wiki/Bijar_(city)" title="Bijar (city)">Bijar</a> in Iran. Bîcarî is the only Southern Kurdish variety detached from the greater Southern Kurdish-speaking region.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200016–17_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200016–17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Qurweyî (Chahar Dawli Xarbi)</b> <ul><li>The Quwreyî variety is spoken around <a href="/wiki/Ghorveh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghorveh">Ghorveh</a> in Iran and is related to the variety spoken in Asadabad and other Kurdish-speaking areas in <a href="/wiki/Hamadan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamadan Province">Hamadan Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200018–19_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200018–19-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Kulyayî</b> <ul><li>The Kulyayî variety is spoken northeast of Kermanshah, principally in <a href="/wiki/Sonqor_County" title="Sonqor County">Sonqor County</a> and surrounding counties. The variety also spans into the <a href="/wiki/Kolyai_Rural_District" title="Kolyai Rural District">Kolyai Rural District</a> in Hamadan Province.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200019_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200019-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Bîlewerî</b> <ul><li>The principal Southern Kurdish variety in <a href="/wiki/Poshtdarband_Rural_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Poshtdarband Rural District">Poshtdarband Rural District</a> in Kermanshah.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200020_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Dînewerî</b> <ul><li>About 83 villages in <a href="/wiki/Dinavar_District" title="Dinavar District">Dinavar District</a> speak the Dînewer variety. The differences between the Dînewerî and the Kulyayî varieties are anodine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200021_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200021-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Sehne / Lekî-Kirmaşanî</b> <ul><li>The Sehne variety, or Lekî-Kirmaşanî has many similar characteristics with <a href="/wiki/Laki_language" title="Laki language">Lekî</a> and is spoken in <a href="/wiki/Harsin_County" title="Harsin County">Harsin County</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Sahneh" title="Sahneh">Sahneh</a>. What distinguishes it most from Lekî is the lack of the <a href="/wiki/Ergative_case" title="Ergative case">ergative case</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200021_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200021-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kurdali_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdali language">Kurdelî</a></b> <abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> Pahlavi is quite distant, and may be a distinct language.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Other variants include: Bîstûnî, Çihrî, Hersîn, Payrawend, Kirmaşanî, Sencabî, Xalesa, Çemçemal, Qesri Şîrînî, Serpuli Zehawî, Harasam, Kelhurrî, Îwan, Erkewazî, Şêrwanî, Îlamî, Salihabadî, Rîka, Bedreyî, Melikşahî, Mêxasî, Mihran, Xaneqînî, Mendilî, Duşêxî, Kaprat, Warmizyar, Zurbatiya and Feylî.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200022–40_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200022–40-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alphabet">Alphabet</h2></div> <p>The Southern Kurdish alphabet is very similar to the <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_alphabets#Sorani_alphabet" title="Kurdish alphabets">Central Kurdish (Sorani) alphabet</a>, which is a derivation of the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_alphabet" title="Arabic alphabet">Arabic alphabet</a>. Southern Kurdish has one additional letter "ۊ"; the Arabic letter waw with two dots above. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align: center; font-size: 120%; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic Transparent","Times New Roman",Arial,Calibri,"Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI",serif,sans-serif;font-weight:normal}</style><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ع</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ش</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">س</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ژ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ز</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ڕ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ر</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">د</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">خ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ح</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">چ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ج</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ت</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">پ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ب</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ا</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ئـ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>15</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ێ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ی</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ۊ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ۆ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">و</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ە</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ھ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ن</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">م</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ڵ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ل</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">گ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ک</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ق</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ڤ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">ف</span></span></span>‎</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:170%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1227789315" /><span class="script-arabic script-Arab" dir="rtl" style="font-size: 125%;"><span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku-Arab" dir="rtl">غ</span></span></span>‎</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>34</td> <td>33</td> <td>32</td> <td>31</td> <td>30</td> <td>29</td> <td>28</td> <td>27</td> <td>26</td> <td>25</td> <td>24</td> <td>23</td> <td>22</td> <td>21</td> <td>20</td> <td>19</td> <td>18 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalhor_(tribe)" title="Kalhor (tribe)">Kalhor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khulam_Rada_Khan_Arkawazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi">Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanj%C3%A2bi_(tribe)" title="Sanjâbi (tribe)">Sanjâbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangana_(tribe)" title="Zangana (tribe)">Zangana</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Iranian Studies 52. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13HM6ElEb3cPqf4FWxYVc8LqRrvFsyu0mGXXqaawgXWk/pub#ftnt142">A Working Classification</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFattah200022–40-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFattah200022–40_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFattah2000">Fattah (2000)</a>, pp. 22–40.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFattah2000" class="citation cs2">Fattah, Ismaïl Kamandâr (2000), <i>Les dialectes Kurdes méridionaux</i>, Acta Iranica, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9042909188" title="Special:BookSources/9042909188"><bdi>9042909188</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+dialectes+Kurdes+m%C3%A9ridionaux&rft.pub=Acta+Iranica&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9042909188&rft.aulast=Fattah&rft.aufirst=Isma%C3%AFl+Kamand%C3%A2r&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouthern+Kurdish" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBorjian2024" class="citation journal cs1">Borjian, Habib (2024). 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashtiani_language" title="Ashtiani language">Ashtiani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochi_language" title="Balochi language">Balochi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koroshi_dialect" title="Koroshi dialect">Koroshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makrani_dialect" title="Makrani dialect">Makrani</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daylami_language" title="Daylami language">Daylami</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialects_of_Fars" title="Dialects of Fars">Fars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazi_language" title="Gazi language">Gazi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judeo-Esfahani" title="Judeo-Esfahani">Judeo-Esfahani</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilaki_language" title="Gilaki language">Gilaki</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Gilaki" title="Eastern Gilaki">Eastern Gilaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Gilaki" title="Western Gilaki">Western Gilaki</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorani_language" title="Gorani language">Gorani</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gorgani_language" title="Gorgani language">Gorgani</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gozarkhani_language" title="Gozarkhani language">Gozarkhani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judeo-Hamedani%E2%80%93Borujerdi" title="Judeo-Hamedani–Borujerdi">Judeo-Hamedani–Borujerdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajali_language" title="Kajali language">Kajali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karan_language" title="Karan language">Karan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karingani_language" title="Karingani language">Karingani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavir_languages" title="Kavir languages">Kavir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khunsari_language" title="Khunsari 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