Horami

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Horami is an alternative name for the Hewrami dialect, a variety of Kurdish spoken primarily in the Hawraman region spanning parts of Iran and Iraq.

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Horami canonical 2

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Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Kurdish
alternativeNameOf Hewrami
associatedWith Goranî dialect group
linked to: Gorani

Hawraman mountains
hasAlternativeName Awrami
Hawrami
Hewrami
hasLinguisticFeature conservative phonology compared to other Kurdish varieties
distinct vowel system within Kurdish varieties
lexical influence from Arabic
lexical influence from Persian
isEndangered true
ISOStatus often classified under broader Kurdish or Gorani varieties rather than having a separate ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Iranian languages
partOf Kurdish language continuum
regionDetail Iranian Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
linked to: Kurdistan
scriptUsed Perso-Arabic script
spokenBy Hawrami people
spokenInCountry Iran
Iraq
spokenInRegion Hawraman
linked to: Hawraman region
subfamily Northwestern Iranian languages
Western Iranian languages
usedIn oral literature of Hawraman
religious poetry and hymns in the region

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