Southern Kurdish

Southern Kurdish
Southern Kurdish
Xwarin
کوردی خوارین
Native to	Iran, Iraq
Region	Kurdistan
Ethnicity	Kurds
Native speakers	(6 million cited 2000–2023)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Kurdish Southern Kurdish; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Feylî; Kelhurrî; Lekî; Xaneqînî; Gerrûsî (Bîcarî); Kirmaşanî; Kolyai; Sanjâbî; Melikşayî; Bayray; Kordalî; Korouni;
Writing system	Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sdh
Glottolog	sout2640
Linguasphere	58-AAA-c
	Geographic distribution of Kurdish dialects and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) Sorani (Central Kurdish) Zaza language Xwarin (Southern Kurdish) (Gorani is included) mixed dialect areas

Southern Kurdish, also known by its endonym Xwarin, is a Kurdish language variety, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in Iran.