Kurdish Sign Language

Kurdish Sign Language
ZHK
Native toKurdistan Region
EthnicityKurds
Native speakers
1,000+ (2015)
Dialects
  • Sulaymaniyah
  • Erbil
  • Duhok
Language codes
ISO 639-3(zhk is proposed)
Glottologkurd1260

Kurdish Sign Language (ZHK, from Kurdish Zmani Hêmay Kurdi) is the deaf sign language of the Kurds of Kurdistan Region, Iraq. There are three dialects, associated with the three Kurdish schools for the deaf in Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Duhok. It is unintelligible with Iraqi Sign Language.