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Kurdish People
The Kurds are a nation with the language and history and culture and country that they differ from other people. Most Kurds are in Turkey (about 25 million), Iran (more than 11 million), Iraq (more than 7 million), Syria (about 1 million) and Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Israel. During the last decades of bombings and wars imposed by the states in the middle east moved some of the Kurds into European countries and America. Kurdish language belonging to the Indo-European tribes languages.

Kurdish Language
Indo-European languages, These include, among other things, Armenian as well as a number of Iranian languages, such as Parsis (Persian), Kurdish and Baluchi. These are akin to the European languages. Indo-European concept was coined during the last century, when it was discovered that the ancient Indian language, the systematic similarities with Latin and Greek. Similarly, one can find some similarities between the Kurdish and the languages spoken in Europe today. One can find similar roots, especially in the case of numerals, family relationships, names of kropsdelar and some animals. Example: Kurdish Swedish, English, German, French Tu, to du Thou, du, tu Dû två two, zwei, deux Neh, no nio nine, neun, neuf Biro ögonbryn eyebrow,brof Didan tand tooth,zahn,dent Pê fot foot, fuss, pâ Lêw läpp lip,lippe,lèvre/lippe Bira bror brother, Bruder, frère Dot dotter daughter, Tochter Girtin gripa, ta greifen Ne nej, inte no, not,nein, ne,non Nû, Niwê, Newe ny new, now, neue Ku, ke att, som que However, few words where the similarities are obvious. The Relationship show more of the language's structure. Word order and inflection patterns differ a "lot between Kurdish and Swedish, as well as there are large differences between eg German and French. But we can use the same grammatical concepts to describe these languages while it needed a different type of concepts to describe eg. a Semitic concept Arabic. Depletion of Turkey The Kurds have their own language which belongs to the Indo-European language family. This is a banallt and obvious fact, which unfortunately must be established with proper clarity. The Kurds in fact been exposed to so many colored propaganda claims that today there are people who think they do not have their own spoken or written language. Kurdish is a verbose language with many image expression. Emotions and mood arkan express very poetic. Above all, the Kurdish language is enriched in the nursing care of the spoken word. There is a rich treasure of stories, songs and proverbs. But Kurdistan is also a literary language. After Ahmed-e Khani that poem was his work on Mem and Zin in the 1600s followed a literary flowering of the Kurdish småfurstendömena. The Turkish state run since the 1920s Kemalist revolution one konskvent policy to förturka its citizens. All references to the existence of a Kurdish language, Kurdish culture and the Kurdish people is strictly criminalized. In Turkey also went to the Latin script at the same time, it is today, few people can read the old Kurdish scriptures, written in Arabic orthography. The Iraqi state, as with gas, air raids and forced displacement are in the process of creating a "Entlösung" of the Kurdish question, in its Constitution guarantees the rights of the Kurds. Schools, universities and academies have been established for the Kurds. In recent years frantic arabiseringspolitik have many Kurdish schools closed, but the Kurds have had the opportunity to develop their language and culture. It provides stories, poetry and literature in Kurdish, and one can find both Shakespeare as Strindberg in Kurdish translations. The Kurdish language used for literary purposes in Iraq based on the dialect spoken in the university city of Sulaimani, that is a variant of the Sorani dialect. The states with specially adapted Arabic script. The spelling is reformed and a completely phonetic own letters also for the short vowels. Akin to Persian The Kurds in Iran are talking mainly Sorani like most of their brethren in Iraq. The Iranian Kurds have no access to any schooling in their own language and they have little opportunity to cultivate their own culture. The Iranian state has traditionally played in Kurdish rebel sentiment in neighboring states, but considered their native Kurds as a kind of Persian. The Kurdish and Persian language are related, much like Spanish and Italian. The differences between them are so systematic that they can not possibly be regarded as variants of the same language: * History: The current Persian language has developed from the Old Persian through parthiska and pehlevi and also absorverats so many Arabic words that half the vocabulary now of Semitic origin. Kurdish has probably evolved from the Median, a language that differed from the Persian in antiquity. Moreover, the Kurdish language preserved more of its original character than the pinch missions and are less influenced by the Arabic. One can see that the Kurdish and Persian are closely related but distinct languages by studying the most common strains of words. Throughout history, some consonants systematically drifted apart. Example: Kurdish Persian Roj Ruz = day (SJE-voiced sound) (SJE-voiced sound) Jin zan = Female Zan-i-n dan-est-an = to know Ker Kher = ass * Verb System: Kurdish verbs are inflected with prefixes and suffixes indicating tense and mode, as well as personal endings. The system is very uniform and has learned to bend a verb as it has in principle a key to all other verbs. While a Swedish verb can have three different strains (sit, sat sat) can cope with the Kurdish verbs with two stems. (Of course there are exceptions, but they are few and can be counted on the fingers of one hand). The Persian verb system is similar to the Kurdish In its basic structure. However different the Kurdish verb system at a crucial point from the other more or less related languages. That is the pattern reversed nah one bends transitive verb in the past. The sentence "I saw them" must be built after the pattern "they saw me" The reverse bending patterns are quite different grammatical rules in different dialects. The existence of such outward bending similar pattern is however a common denominator for all dialects of the Kurdish language. If you are unsure whether a particular local dialect is Kurdish or not, is the best "litmus test" just to examine the verb system. Kurdish Dialects The Northern main dialect Kurmancî (kurmandji) is spoken by Kurds in Turkey, Syria, parts of northern Iraq, parts of western Iran and the Soviet Union. This is a dialect spoken by most Kurds. Since Turkey does not recognize the Kurdish language, there is no language planning authorities can standardize Kurdish. Those who have taken on this task instead of exile organizations and the authorities in the Soviet Union, particularly in the Armenian Republic. The main southern dialect, often called Sorani, spoken in Iran and Iraq. Thanks to the Kurds in Iraq managed to assert their cultural rights is the Sorani dialect of the most advanced today. In addition Kurmancî and Sorani are two smaller dialect groups, Gorani / zaza and Luri / Feyli. The Kurdish dialects differ in many ways, but they are mutual comprehensibility. Kurds from different parts of Kurdistan have been about as easy or difficult to understand each other Scandinavians from various parts of Scandinavia. In one case we are talking about different dialects, the other on different languages. (Daily Usage rates to the Scandinavian languages on a basis that is more political than scientific language). Is it possible to create a Kurdish national language? One of the most challenging tasks of a future independent Kurdistan will be to create a unified national language. The Kurdish language has a great potential to form new words, and it is also possible to borrow in foreign words. Today, many use Loan for phenomena related to contemporary society. But what words you borrow depends on whether you are in Iran, in Turkey or in a European exile environment. Kurdish can be written in three different alphabets, the Arabic, Latin or kyriliska. Kurmancî are usually written in Latin characters, while Sorani is written with Arabic. In principle, the three writing systems interchangeable and you can if you want to use any of the three alphabets of all dialects. If people from all corners of Kurdistan to communicate with each other, should of course have a unified written language. Which characters should dominate is more a political than a linguistic question. The deepest difference between dialects is not the pronunciation, but in the grammar. It is easy to borrow in a local word from one dialect to another. However, it is very difficult to make yourself understood if you mix the different dialects of ways to build proper sentences. Example: Kurmancî: My dil di-ê xwe de got 1 2 3 4 5 2 6 Sorani: Le dil-i xo-m da gut-im 2 3 4 5 1 2 6 1 Swedish: I said in my heart (I thought to myself). 1. I, myself, (I reverse the verb conjugation) 2nd into, within, inside 3rd heart 4th bindeändelse, corresponding to English-of-genetiv 5th self, self, my, my, his, himself, etc. 6th said (3rd person singular) In South Kurdish build it like the chains of words with suffixes. These serve as grammatical building blocks. They are few in number but can be combined in many ways and have their significance after they were placed in the set. Northern Kurdistan is more analytical with different småord to express equivalent features. In return, the Kurdish north some kausus and gender forms completely disappeared from suleimaniediealekten. If we are to create a Kurdish national language must either have a dialect take dominance over the other or to construct the synthetic mixture. If the Kurds succeed in winning their freedom will require great wisdom of the leaders who will solve the language issue. But one should keep in mind that many nation-states that exist today in any way been able to resolve problems of the same severity. Kurdish dialects that are still drifting apart is primarily a result of their country are kept occupied by four different states.

Population, Origins and History
Literature The Kurds have been the first in modern times, a literature in their mother tongue. They own literary works are few, but there are exceptions. This is because the Kurdish language has for many years been forbidden to be used publicly. This has led to the registration of Kurdish texts have been difficult to implement when the use of language has been banned in many areas. But despite this prohibition, there was Kurdish writers and poets whose works were written down. The works which succeeded kept without being destroyed, are now left to read. Ehmedê Xanîs "Mem and Zin" and Sharaf al-Din Bitlisis "Sharafnama" gone down in history as some of the world's literary masterpieces. The oral tradition and storytelling are important. Often tells epic tales of legends, battles, heroism and love, often in the form of singing by a bard (dengbêj). Religion Most Kurds adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam. Significant minority groups among them, however, profess to Shiite Islam. Before the arrival of Islam, most Kurds Zoroastrian, but it was also Christian minorities [2]. Many Kurds are Muslims sekualiserade and often celebrated only major festivals such as Ramadan. Kurds have said that their own New Year known as Newroz and this is something that, unlike a religious festival, celebrated all over Kurdistan, irrespective of religion. History Main article: History of the Kurds 800s - The Kurds start to convert to Islam from yezidism. [Citation needed] 1000 births - Ayyubi dynasty founded by Saladin 1896 - Kurdish cavalry [challenged task] [citation needed] are taking part in a Turkish massacre of Armenians in the city of Van. [Citation needed] In order to understand these border conflicts have to go far back in time. [Citation needed] 1915 - Some of the Kurds participated in the Ottoman Empire genocide [challenged task] [citation needed] the Armenians, the Assyrians and the Greeks against the promise to keep half of what they are stolen. [3] 1921 - The new state of Iraq's territory overlaps with Kurdistan. 1923 - The new Turkish territory overlaps with Kurdistan. 1925 - The first Kurdish rebellion in Turkey 1946 - After the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II created a Kurdish state, Mahabad, the Soviets occupied territory in Iran and Azerbaijan. When the Soviet Union withdraws crushed Republic of Iran's government. [Citation needed] 1958 - Iraq's constitution recognizes the two communities - Arabs and Kurds. 1979 - Islamic revolution in Iran. The Kurds fail to achieve self-government. The PKK is formed. 1984 - The Kurdish organization PKK starts out armed attacks in Turkey and other countries. Turkey strikes back with the military junta. [Citation needed] All the politically active are forced to flee the country or imprisoned. [Citation needed] 1988 - Praise the gassed in Halabja. Iraqi army uses warfare against civilian Kurds and kills several thousand. [4] 1991 - Gulf War. A Kurdish uprising encouraged by the United States is struck down, and half million Kurds managed to escape from Iraq. [Citation needed] 1991 - Turkey lift the ban on minority languages. [Citation needed] 1994 - Leyla Zana, a member of the Turkish Parliament, speaking in Kurdish in the Parliament, advocating Kurdish autonomy. In this context, she is sentenced to 10 years in prison. [Citation needed] 1999 - Abdullah Öcalan arrested at the Greek Embassy in Nairobi. The PKK is renamed KADEK. [Citation needed] 2003 - United States and its allies invade Iraq. 2005 to 12 March, breaking a Kurdish uprising. Rebellion put down with an iron fist. [Citation needed] The regime in Syria handing out weapons to the Arab groups [citation needed] which is also fighting against civilian Kurds. [Edit] Systematic abuse takes place, [citation needed] Arab militiamen in cooperation with the Syrian military [ edit] Kurdish rob houses and stores as a form of collective punishment. [citation needed] 2005 - The Kurdish parties PUK and PDK choose to join together to form the government together. [Citation needed] people vote on Masoud Barzani as the first president of Kurdistan. [Citation needed] 2006 Iraqi Kurdistan (Northern Iraq, Southern Kurdistan) has for many years in total autonomy [citation needed] and is seen as Iraq's safest region. [Edit] New buildings are constantly under construction.