Language

Northern Kurdish

Northern Kurdish is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 31 countries.

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Scripture in Northern Kurdish

A complete Bible is reported in Northern 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 Northern Kurdish is spoken

  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Italy
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lebanon
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Türkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

See Northern Kurdish on the language map

About Northern Kurdish

Part of
Kurdish (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
kmr
Glottocode
nort2641
Also known as
Kurdish, Northern · Kurdish, Northern: Northern Kurmanji

Dialects and varieties 39

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

  • AkreNo known Scripture
  • Aleppo KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Amadiye KurdishNo known Scripture
  • AshitiNo known Scripture
  • Barwari JorNo known Scripture
  • BayezidiNo known Scripture
  • Bitlis KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • BotiNo known Scripture
  • Elbistan KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Erevan KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • GulliNo known Scripture
  • HakkariNo known Scripture
  • Khorasani KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdi, Kurmanji: AfrinNo known Scripture
  • Kurdi, Kurmanji: AnatolianNo known Scripture
  • Kurdi, Kurmanji: BehdiniNo known Scripture
  • Kurdi, Kurmanji: KhorrassaniNo known Scripture
  • Kurdi, Kurmanji: ShikakiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdi, Kurmanji: SurchiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Northern: AshitiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Northern: Southern KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish, Northern: Southwestern KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Kurdish: SyriaNo known Scripture
  • Kurmanji, ÊzdîkîNo known Scripture
  • Kurmanji: StandardNo known Scripture
  • MhallamiNo known Scripture
  • Mush KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Northern KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Northwest KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Sheikhan-DohukNo known Scripture
  • ShemdinaniNo known Scripture
  • SivasNo known Scripture
  • Southeastern KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Southwest KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • SurchiNo known Scripture
  • Urfa KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Van KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Western KurmanjiNo known Scripture
  • Zakho KurdishNo 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.