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SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:There are at least two major variants of Kurdish, one of them being Kurmanji.
Which of all of its variants is the most useful for international communication?
voron wrote:SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:There are at least two major variants of Kurdish, one of them being Kurmanji.
Which of all of its variants is the most useful for international communication?
I am not sure I understand your question. Are you asking which variety of Kurdish will let you speak with Kurds from as many countries as possible? If yes, then it is Kurmanji, because it's spoken in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:Now that precisely answers the question.
And... what about other Kurds who do not speak Kurmanji themselves, are they able to understand most of it
voron wrote:No. Different varieties of Kurdish are in general not mutually intelligible. I myself witnessed situations where speakers of Kurmanji could not understand speakers of Sorani, Zazaki and Badini. Like, they could handle only some very basic conversations, but any non-trivial question would throw them off.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:But being able to handle some very basic conversations also can be a lot if you'd ask me.
SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:"I am still learning"
"I know some things, but not others"
"Do you understand everything I say, or only parts of it?"
voron wrote:SomehowGeekyPolyglot wrote:"I am still learning"
"I know some things, but not others"
"Do you understand everything I say, or only parts of it?"
Ez hêj fêr dibim.
Hin tiştan dizanim, hinan jî nizanim.
Tu her tiştê ku ez dibêjim fêm diki, anjî bi tenê hin tiştan/peyvan?
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