Kurdish (Sorani) Phrasebook (Romanised)

Description

Sorani (also called Kurdi) is a Kurdish language spoken mainly in Iraq and Iran, with an estimated 15 million speakers worldwide. The Kurds are spread across the countries of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, as well as Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Lebanon. There is also a large diaspora of Kurds, which is especially prominent in Europe. In all there are up to 40 million speakers of the Kurdish languages worldwide.
Generally written in Perso-Arabic script, Sorani is now also found in romanised form. This easy-to-use phrasebook uses the official Sorani Latin alphabet to aid instant communication. An informative grammar section and pronunciation guide introduce the phrase section. Also included is a resourceful two-way dictionary containing more than 4,000 entries.

– more than 4,000 entries
– 184 pages

Published Bennett & Bloom, 2009