Native Name: Kurdish ( Kurdî or کوردی)
Number of Speakers: 16-35 million
Official language of: Iraq, Iran, Armenia
Script used: Kurdish alphabets (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic)
Adelphi translations, experts in Kurdish Translation, Typesetting, Websites, Voice-Overs and Subtitles
Kurdish Sorani Translation and typesetting
Adelphi have translated and typeset Kurdish Sorani and all other right to left languages such as Arabic, Urdu Dari, Farsi, Hebrew etc, for many national and international companies and organisations. Below are a some samples of the work we have done:
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Kurdish-Sorani-for-Amnesty-International
Kurdish Sorani for Forum Federation Canada
Sample of Kurdish (Latin)
Kurdish is a collective name for a variety of dialects spoken by the Kurdish people and has two main dialects, Kurmanji and Sorani. It began to appear in writing, in a version of the Persian alphabet, during the 7th century AD. However for much of their history, the Kurds have prefered to use Arabic, Persian or Turkish for their literary works. Becase the Kurdish people are scattered across various borders their language has been written in a variety of scripts and has also been subject to political restrictions and censure.
Kurdish is an official language in Iraq but in Syria publishing material in Kurdish is forbidden. In both these coountries it is written in the Arabic script. In Turkey it is written in a modified Latin script. Before August 2002, the Turkish government placed severe restrictions on the use of Kurdish, prohibiting the language in education and broadcast media. The Kurdish alphabet is still not recognized in Turkey, and the use of Kurdish names containing the letters X, W, and Q, which do not exist in the Turkish alphabet, is not allowed. Kurdish education in private institutions is allowed in Turkey, but there has been little demand for these courses.
