By Prof. M. Izady The vast Kurdish homeland consists of about 200,000 square miles of territory. Its area is roughly…

Dialectology is a sub-field of historical linguistics, the scientific study of linguistic dialect. It studies variations in language based primarily on…

The unprejudiced academics that study Kurdish history are united in the view that the Kurds are an ancient race (1)….

Kurdish (Kurdish: Kurdí, كوردی, Kurdî, Кöрди) language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. Kurdish dialects are members of the northwestern subdivision…

Language, the principal means used by human beings to communicate with one another. Language is primarily spoken, although it can…

Kurds are fortunate to have some of the most visible aspects of their popular culture authenticated to remote antiquity. Some…

Origin The goats were the first livestock animal to be domesticated. The pinpoint this landmark moment: 10,000 years ago in…

Red-legged partridge with scientific name “Alectoris rufa” calls “Kew, kev, Kewk, keví, and kevkí” in Kurdish. Red-legged partridge is normally 33…

Sirúdí Níshtimaní Kurdistan, Ey reqíb Ey reqíb her, mawe qewmí Kurd ziman Nayshékiné daneyí topí zeman (2) Kes nellé Kurd…

Flag of Kurdistan National Anthem National Birds Kurdish Currency The National Goat – KELL

A new release by blue crane books Watertown, Massachusetts – Writings from Prison by Leyla Zana, the first Kurdish woman…

Pelizzari, Maria Antonella. by Susan Meiselas New York: Random House, 1997, pp 388 “. . . The world is a…