Language

Central Kurdish

Central Kurdish is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 5 countries.

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Scripture in Central Kurdish

A complete Bible is reported in Central Kurdish.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Central Kurdish is spoken

  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • United States

See Central Kurdish on the language map

About Central Kurdish

Part of
Kurdish (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
ckb
Glottocode
cent1972
Also known as
Kurdish, Central · Kurdish, Central: Kerkuki

Dialects and varieties 18

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Central Kurdish as a whole.

  • BingirdNo known Scripture
  • GarmiyaniNo known Scripture
  • HewleriNo known Scripture
  • KhanaquinNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Central: GarmiyaniNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Central: HewleriNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Central: JafiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Central: KerkukiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Central: MukriNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Central: SuleimaniNo known Scripture
  • PizhdarNo known Scripture
  • RewandizNo known Scripture
  • SanandajiNo known Scripture
  • Sine'iNo known Scripture
  • SoraniNo known Scripture
  • Southern JafiNo known Scripture
  • SuleimaniNo known Scripture
  • WarmawaNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.