Scripture in Southern Kurdish
The New Testament is reported in Southern 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 Southern Kurdish is spoken
- Iraq
- Iran
About Southern Kurdish
- Part of
- Kurdish (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
- Language family
- Indo-European
- ISO 639-3 code
- sdh
- Glottocode
- sout2640
- Also known as
- Kurdish, Southern · Kurdish, Southern: Garrusi
Dialects and varieties 22
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Southern Kurdish as a whole.
- Badre'iNo known Scripture
- GarrusiNo known Scripture
- IlamiNo known Scripture
- KalhoriNo known Scripture
- Kalhori-Sanjabi-ZanganeNo known Scripture
- KermanshahiNo known Scripture
- KolyaiNo known Scripture
- KordaliNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: BayrayNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: GarrusiNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: KalhoriNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: KermanshahiNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: KolyaiNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: KordaliNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: LuriNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: MalekshahiNo known Scripture
- Kurdish, Southern: SanjabiNo known Scripture
- Lakic Southern KurdishNo known Scripture
- MalekshahiNo known Scripture
- Peripheral KermanshahicNo known Scripture
- SanjabiNo known Scripture
- ZanganeNo known Scripture
Other languages of Iraq
- AkkadianNo known Scripture
- Iraqi Sign LanguageNo known Scripture
- KassiteNo known Scripture
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)No known Scripture
- Romanian Pidgin ArabicNo known Scripture
- SarliNo known Scripture
- ShabakPortions of Scripture
- SumerianNo 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.