Kurdish Sign Language
| Kurdish Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| ZHK | |
| Native to | Kurdistan Region |
| Ethnicity | Kurds |
Native speakers | 1,000+ (2015) |
Deaf-community sign language, perhaps a language isolate | |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (zhk is proposed) |
| Glottolog | kurd1260 |
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.