Sorani

Sorani Kurdish (also known as Central Kurdish) is a variety of Kurdish spoken in Iran and Iraq. It is written in the Arabic alphabet unlike Kurmanji which is written in the Latin alphabet. There are 8 million speakers.

Central Kurdish
Sorani Kurdish
کوردیی ناوەندی / سۆرانی
Central Kurdish and Sorani written in the Sorani alphabet
Native to	Iran and Iraq
Region	Kurdistan
Native speakers	8 million (2021 estimate)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Northwestern Kurdish Central Kurdish
Dialects	Ardalani Babani (Silemani) Hawleri Mukriyani Garmiyani Jafi
Writing system	Sorani Kurdish alphabet (Perso-Arabic script)
Official status
Official language in	Iraq Kurdistan Region
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ckb
Glottolog	cent1972
Linguasphere	58-AAA-cae
Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranian languages spoken by Kurds   Kurmanji   Sorani   Southern   Zaza   Gorani   mixed areas