Gorani language
| Gorani | ||
|---|---|---|
| گۆرانی Goranî | ||
| Native to | Iraq and Iran | |
| Region | Kurdistan (Primarily Hawraman, also Garmian and Nineveh), Kermanshah province | |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2008) | |
| Dialects | Hawraman-I Luhon Hawraman-I Taxt Kakai Gawhara Kandula Zardayana Shabaki Ṣārlī Bāǰalāni (Bēǰwān) Gawrajuyi | |
| Kurdish alphabet | ||
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:hac – Gorani (Gurani)sdb – Shabakisdf – Sarlibjm – Bajelani | |
| Glottolog | gura1251 | |
| ELP | ||
| Linguasphere | 58-AAA-b
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Gorani (Hawrami) is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | ||
Gorani or Gurani (Kurdish: گۆرانی, romanized: Goranî, lit. 'song'), also known by the name of its main dialect, Hawrami (ھەورامی, romanized: Hewramî), is a Northwestern Iranian language or a group of similar Northwestern Iranian dialects spoken in small pockets in northeastern Iraq and northwestern Iran.
Gorani is spoken in Iraq and Iran and has four dialects: Bajelani, Hawrami, and Sarli, some sources also include the Shabaki as a dialect of Gorani as well. Of these, Hawrami was the traditional literary language and koiné of Kurds in the historical Ardalan region at the Zagros Mountains, but has since been supplanted by Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish. Gorani is a literary language for many Kurds.