About the Kurdish language

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  • čas přidán 4. 05. 2023
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    I filmed this video back in December, and yes it took me that long to edit it. I first thought of it as an act of support to the protests in Iran that were triggered by the killing of Mahsa Amini (who was Kurdish by the way) back in 2022. As I already had a video about Persian, I decided to make this video on Kurdish and to donate the income from it. I haven't decided yet what is the most appropriate organisation, is it helping Kurdish refugees, or helping refugees from Iran, or helping all refugees, but I'll put it here when I make my decision. In the meanwhile, enjoy learning about Kurdish!
    Kurdish language is spoken in the region of Kurdistan by the Kurdish people - a largest nation that doesn't have a country. It is spoken across several countries throughout the Middle East and it has a very different status in each of those countries. Kurdish language may be spoken in the Middle East, but it is not related to Arabic or Turkish. Instead, together with Persian, it is included in the Indo-European language family, that contains also many Indian and European languages, including English. That's right, Kurdish is closer to English than to Arabic! And there are many more unique and interesting features of Kurdish that we explore in this video!
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    Music used:
    Love from the Heart by Ali Shaker
    Dream Sober by Ajwaa
    Kurdish Dance by Ali Shaker
    Bayati by Feras Charestan
    Videos used:
    Serê we neêşînim / Qiseyên Dûdirêj - Ciwanmerd Kulek
    • Serê we neêşînim / Qis...
    Hevpeyvîn | Dadwer Rizgar Mihemed Emîn
    • Hevpeyvîn | Dadwer Riz...
    Dengbêj Heqqê - Hêy Wayê
    • Dengbêj Heqqê - Hêy Wayê
    #turkey #iran #iraq

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  • @JuLingo
    @JuLingo  Před rokem +50

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    • @lucianlucian8037
      @lucianlucian8037 Před rokem

      In the video subscription is spelled wrong (as 'subscriBtion'). It should be subscriPtion, even though the verb is 'suBscribe'.

    • @JavidShah246
      @JavidShah246 Před rokem +1

      Hi julie, what if i make a video about ur country saying: Russians are people of Estonian mountains who have a long history of fight and tendency for independence? Would ya like that joulie?

    • @Abeturk
      @Abeturk Před rokem +1

      Conditions / Doğal koşullar ve şartlar.
      (akar-eser / eser-eker)
      EĞER-ISE = (EVEN-IF)
      (su AKAR- yel ESER) = water flows and wind blows
      İSE-EĞER = (IF-EVER)
      (yel ESER- ekin EĞER)= the wind blows and bows the crops
      EĞER-ISE ve İSE-EĞER yapıları "koşul" belirtmek için kullanılır ve çoğunlukla birbirinin yerine kullanılabilirler.
      İSE-EĞER: "If ever" anlamına gelir ve gerçekleşme olasılığı daha yüksek olan bir koşulu ifade eder.
      "If ever you need any help, just let me know." (Yardıma ihtiyacın olursa eğer, sadece haber ver.) or (Herhangi bir yardıma ihtiyaç duyarsan, bana haber vermen yeterli)
      “If I'm not tired, we’ll visit them in the evening.” = “Yorgun değilsem eğer akşamleyin onları ziyaret ederiz”
      EĞER-ISE: "Even if" anlamına gelir ve gerçekleşme olasılığı daha düşük olan bir koşulu ifade eder.
      "Even if it rains tomorrow, I will go for a walk." (Yarın yürüyüşe çıkacağım, eğer yağmur yağıyor olsa dahi ) or (Yarın yağmur yağsa bile yürüyüşe çıkacağım.)
      “Why should i go to work, (even) if I'm not getting my salary” = Eğer maaşımı alamıyorsam, neden işe gideyim ki.

    • @persianguy1524
      @persianguy1524 Před rokem +2

      Fun fact theyre not dialects theyre different languages and pahlewani is a Persian dialect. Us Persians can understand them but soranis and kurmanjis cant

    • @persianguy1524
      @persianguy1524 Před rokem +2

      Also another thing to keep in mind is that Persians did not come from the south. We came from Parsua and Parsumesh, both originally in western and north western Iran as displayed in your video and map. Persians later conquered the elamite anshan city in the south and established new Parsa. There were 3 if not more Persian tribes all over Iran.

  • @csulacivileng.2791
    @csulacivileng.2791 Před 3 měsíci +20

    As a Zaza Kurd I am truly amazed how well you presented our history and struggle to keep our language alive. Not to mention how embarrassed I am you know our history more than I do. Just want to say thank you!

  • @mikenogozones
    @mikenogozones Před rokem +100

    I spent 2 weeks exploring Iraqi Kurdistan, great people and very diverse. I saw mosques, churches and yazidi temples.

    • @jahVlad
      @jahVlad Před 10 měsíci +1

      Fool

    • @mikenogozones
      @mikenogozones Před 10 měsíci +15

      @@jahVlad bije Kurdistan

    • @Wonderhoy-er
      @Wonderhoy-er Před 3 měsíci +1

      I'm so glad you enjoyed our culture! Thank's from a Sorani Kurdish native speaker raised in london

  • @ariad2021
    @ariad2021 Před rokem +130

    You did a perfect job. As a native Kurdish speaker, I liked the video very much; very precise and well-organized. It shows you spent a considerable time providing this video since you mentioned very specific detailed information 💐💐💐

    • @jahVlad
      @jahVlad Před 10 měsíci

      Lolololololo nicht soo ich bin hier auch mit mir ihr, junge lass uns dienen lass den jungen ziehen ,Verkauf ihn für dumm

    • @TossTurner
      @TossTurner Před 9 měsíci

      @@jahVlad Wer/Wie/Wo/Was bitte?! Junge. Diese Antwort ist absolutenstenst nicht nachvollziehbar. Hallojulia! Nicht mal mit Deepl.

  • @ssgavan3654
    @ssgavan3654 Před 8 měsíci +11

    it may be that Persians used the word kwrt and they might have been referring it to some social grouping and in some cases to some nomadic Kurdish tribes, however the Persian were aware who the Kurds were as descended of the Medes who they took over their empire from and Change it to Medo-Persian empire as mentioned in the bible, however The Name Kurd (or) its variations have been mentioned since antiquity in fertile crescent as the Sumerians used to call people to their north Karda 3000 years ago, in addition there were mention of people Kurti, Corduene and Kardoxi all designation referring to Kurds living in the same area where they still reside. islamic and Arab sources referring to people as Kurds came much later in the 7th AD

  • @renatofigueiredo603
    @renatofigueiredo603 Před rokem +101

    I'm trying to learn Kurdish Kurmanji by myself here in Brazil.

  • @RodrigoXV
    @RodrigoXV Před rokem +32

    I didn't know Kurdish is a Indo European language. Good video!

    • @Kelalle-ng5vq
      @Kelalle-ng5vq Před 8 měsíci +2

      It’s not true Kurdish is a mom for indo European language Kurdish language are somari oldest language and it’s so near to indo European kurds are real oldest Mesopotamia real nation but the world is injustice with us no country no language nothing

    • @rainhawk5264
      @rainhawk5264 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Kelalle-ng5vq that is not true. they are Indo-European - at least the Anatolian/Caucasian KurManc Khord.
      The Anatolian/Caucasian (Zagros/Pontus") KurManc Khord are much older than KurGan/Zagrosian Kurd.

  • @sara.othman
    @sara.othman Před 11 měsíci +43

    As a Kurd, I’m so excited to see this!! ❤❤ thank you

  • @metinabay6884
    @metinabay6884 Před rokem +14

    greetings from north kurdistan and a kurmanji speaker thanks for the video

  • @erlanddaremo811
    @erlanddaremo811 Před 9 měsíci +15

    I am impressed, but I think you forgot to mention a people/nation called Goti living in the Zargos mountins. It is said that Goti developped into Koti, Kuti an Kurti to become Kurdish. And remember when you talked about the Goth, using another Indo-European languages, one can see the resemblance in the word GOT.

    • @YousifsAssyrian
      @YousifsAssyrian Před 22 dny

      It has nothing to do with them. This is real historical academia she bases on not Kurdish revisionist

    • @kurdisharmy1
      @kurdisharmy1 Před 14 hodinami

      ​@@YousifsAssyrian hahaha angry assyrians 😂

  • @bilalabawi9064
    @bilalabawi9064 Před rokem +82

    Love Kurds from an Afghan

    • @BlueBlue-mm7kn
      @BlueBlue-mm7kn Před rokem +7

      Kurds are Iranian, glad u like Iranians.

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +11

      Love to our cousins from Afghanistan 🇦🇫❤

    • @Stegosaurus_a_freak_of_nature
      @Stegosaurus_a_freak_of_nature Před rokem +7

      @@BlueBlue-mm7knwe are iranic/aryan, not Iranian, Iranian is the nationality (i.e. someone born in Iran the country), iranic/aryan is the language family that Kurdish is part of

    • @saman_mohamad
      @saman_mohamad Před rokem +1

      Love u back ❤ and we are not iranian😂or iranic

    • @Kaziwaa
      @Kaziwaa Před 10 měsíci

      Az qurban❤

  • @helenbarzani2006
    @helenbarzani2006 Před rokem +22

    ❤❤❤
    I am from kurdistan ❤

  • @fabulouschild2005
    @fabulouschild2005 Před rokem +85

    What's interesting is Dengbêj seems to be very similar to the Ancient Greek art of epic poetry (think Homer)

    • @cemyildiz7842
      @cemyildiz7842 Před rokem +17

      It can be very possible that there are cultural exchanges in that geography.

    • @fabulouschild2005
      @fabulouschild2005 Před rokem +8

      @@cemyildiz7842 potentially. Alexander of Makedon did take over the area with his Hellenic Empire

    • @napoleonfeanor
      @napoleonfeanor Před rokem +11

      It was likely influenced by them. Greeks ruled the Persian Empire after Alexander's conquests and Greek settlements. They promoted their arts. Even after getting rid of the Greek dynasties, their influence stayed and was blended into the wider Persian culture.

    • @cemyildiz7842
      @cemyildiz7842 Před rokem +11

      @@napoleonfeanor There are even deeper connections. Greek culture and architecture has a great influence from Syriac, Phoenician, Luwian, Babylonian and Egyptian cultures as well. The Greek letters are just a variation of Phoenician alphabet.
      Hurrian, Hittite, Luwian, Egyptian etc. civilizations were dominant but after the end of bronze age and Hellenic or Sea People's invade on Anatolia, all those ancient civilizations were fallen (except Egypt) and it ended up by rise of Hellenic culture.

    • @simko28
      @simko28 Před rokem +17

      Kurdish and Greeks has long pre history era together so I’m sure we share even DNA s

  • @yazanhasan8830
    @yazanhasan8830 Před rokem +33

    Too much valuable information about our Kurds brother and their culture I tried for too long to look for a trusted source about Kurds I have to add that as a Palestinian justice in the world cant complete until our Kurds brother are able to to have their own country where they can practice their language and their beautiful culture.

  • @coligij-1268
    @coligij-1268 Před rokem +124

    Hi i am zaza kurd from turkey. There are about 22-25 million kurds in turkey. Unfortunately many kurds there can't speak their language amymore, due to assimilation process driven by the turkish gouvernment.

    • @Kara_Pabuc
      @Kara_Pabuc Před rokem +17

      Bölünerek mi çoğalıyorsunuz olm, ne ara 25 milyon oldunuz?

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +22

      @@Kara_Pabuc for over 20 years they say that the Kurdish population is around 15-20 million. We have 2023 now & you can be sure that it’s way more than 25 million and most assimilated Turks are genetically Kurds. Do you also look Chinese like Serdar Ortac to be called Turk?

    • @coligij-1268
      @coligij-1268 Před rokem +17

      @@Kara_Pabuc Kürt nüfusu Türk nüfusundan 2-3 kat daha hızlı büyüyor. 20 yıl önce Türkiye'de 17 milyon Kürt olduğu söyleniyordu.

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem

      @@Kara_Pabuc less than 3% of Turks in Turkey are genetically „Turkic“ like Serdar Ortac. The rest is 🇬🇷🇦🇲🇮🇷🇬🇪🇸🇾🇮🇶🇸🇦😂

    • @frankt.
      @frankt. Před rokem +17

      @Kara Pabuc take a dna test, you’re probably Kurdish too

  • @HootanHM
    @HootanHM Před rokem +42

    As a Persian speaker I could catch 2, 3 vocab from kurmanji part of the video.
    But I could comprehend 30% 40% of Sorani part.
    The Kurdish verb conjugation I'd say make sense to me!
    it reminds me to verb conjugation in Farsi.
    To know = Zanin ~= Danestan
    It's like Danestan changed to zanestan
    Danam -> zanem
    Dani -> zanì
    ...
    Danim -> Zanim
    I don't know:
    Nadanam -> nazanem
    While "nadanam" exist and is valid in Persian, modern pronunciation is "ne mi danam"
    Thank you for this Video 🙏
    And
    Bejì Kurdistan ❤

    • @kurdekibedin1347
      @kurdekibedin1347 Před rokem +2

      Nothing "changed", it was never "d" in Kurdish instead of "z". If you go back to the past, it was "dz" in Kurdish and in Persian as well. Later changed to "d" in old Persian and to "z" in Kurdish (or the ancestor of the Kurdish language)

    • @xaniedits4088
      @xaniedits4088 Před rokem +3

      @@kurdekibedin1347 Just like "Damad" and "Zava"

    • @Sanandaj196
      @Sanandaj196 Před 10 měsíci +4

      As native kurdish speaker I completely agree with you , similarities between kurdish sorani and Persian is amazing, kurdish sorani and Persian use same grammar and alphabet, just Persian little different because of added some arabic like ص ض ط غ ذ ، all sorani speakers don’t need to speak Persian just to understand the language, naturally everyone understands it ,

    • @MiddleEast-4Ever
      @MiddleEast-4Ever Před 7 měsíci +3

      It is because the sorani is iranian inside of iran and on iranian border while Kurmanci is in turkey syria and north west iraq on turkish and syrian border very far away from iran.

    • @Yarkanlaki
      @Yarkanlaki Před 4 měsíci +4

      In southern Kurdish dialects Instead. Zanin. They say. Zanist
      I Knew. Zanistim

  • @YazidiAtSchool
    @YazidiAtSchool Před 10 měsíci +22

    Thank you for this introduction! This September I'm going to Mam Rashan Camp near Duhok to start an English Language school for the survivors and the young adult man also. Kurmanji is delightful to listen to!

    • @lavieenconfinement3511
      @lavieenconfinement3511 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Har bjit, xwede te razît bet. Hol hola tausê melek 🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @Harman-Maki47
      @Harman-Maki47 Před 7 měsíci

      Dast xuşh ,xwede u Tausê melek te pareze ❤️🤍

    • @lavieenconfinement3511
      @lavieenconfinement3511 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Harman-Maki47 ez kurdek alevî, her bjît Ezidi ☀️🫶🏻

    • @Dutchess0909
      @Dutchess0909 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Harman-Maki47 My apologies, I do not understand Kurmanji, not yet

    • @seid647
      @seid647 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@Dutchess0909 wenn ich mich einmischen darf. Der meinte auf Kurdisch „möge Tause Malak ( Gott) Ihnen beschützen„.

  • @Berxwedan.
    @Berxwedan. Před 7 měsíci +11

    Such a beautiful culture and language ❤

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps8758 Před 7 dny +2

    Thank you Julie, we've been binging all morning!

  • @SamyarBorder
    @SamyarBorder Před 20 dny +3

    The Dengbej art is very important to us unfortunate not a lot of people still do it. but there are great stories that were preserved through them

  • @tekhayat5995
    @tekhayat5995 Před rokem +28

    4:38 the meaning of the Kurdish name has been called to people belonging to the nomadic lifestyle after Islam, and this meaning is not only nomadic, but the meaning of the word Kurdish. it completely changes. in ancient Pahlavi, it meant "warrior valiant or hero" instead of nomadism. Buddha was a meaning before Islam.The reason why this name means "valiant or valiant warrior" is that the Kurds were in an invincible power of powerful warrior tribes in ancient times and served in many kingdoms, empires and therefore gained fame in the region. because the Kurdish ethnic group, for example, the phrase similar to the expression "strong as a lion" has acquired the meanings of "warrior valiant or hero", such as "warrior like a Kurd" in the mouths of many people. However, this meaning was related to nomadism and herding according to the perception of Islamic scholars and the people of the region, the way of life of the Kurds after Islam. The nomadic life and lifestyle of the Kurds are identified with their ethnic origins. In the eyes of the Sassanids or Persians, the word "kurd" was referred to as "the people living in a nomad tent" rather than a specific people. For this reason, the non-Kurdish but nomadic Armenian, Syriac, Persian and Arab shepherds in the region have also been called Kurds because they have a lifestyle similar to the Kurds. for example, the Arabs "Kurdish Armenians", "Kurdish Arabs or Persian" Arabs who came to Kurdistan when the Arabs spread Islam took this word from Persian and wrote it in history in the same sense. Although this word is used in the sense of nomad, recent research has shown that the Kurdish word meaning comes from surmer tablets. or korchayk" is pronounced as different tribes as "Cardu" in Assyrians, but they live in the same ethnic groups speaking the same language. Yes, there is a people called Kurds. This was the meaning until the advent of Islam. but although this word means nomad, there was also an ethnic group known as Kurds in the early periods of Islam. It had a cultural language that was separated from many peoples living in the region and was seen as different from other peoples. the biggest proof of this is 9. it has been identified in the work of Dinavari, the greatest botanist of the golden age of Islam who lived in the century. and gradually the word Kurdish began to take on an ethnic meaning. 15. - 16. until the century.

    • @tekhayat5995
      @tekhayat5995 Před rokem +2

      and you're a very beautiful girl. you look like a relative of mine.

    • @mariemelansongundy-vx4ox
      @mariemelansongundy-vx4ox Před 10 měsíci

      I thank you for such a concise lesson in their history. Indeed an astounding people.

  • @nadiuf1
    @nadiuf1 Před 10 měsíci +3

    You are doing a wonderful job which is greatly appreciated.

  • @keivanbahmani964
    @keivanbahmani964 Před rokem +87

    With just a little bit of practice, different Kurdish dialects are definitely understandable for each other

    • @BlueBlue-mm7kn
      @BlueBlue-mm7kn Před rokem +5

      To each other not for each other.

    • @Yarkanlaki
      @Yarkanlaki Před rokem +6

      what practices ? not all kurds speak standard kurmanji and sorani.

    • @simko28
      @simko28 Před rokem +14

      All dialects of kurdish language are understandable to educated kurdish people , I don’t understand why you saying they are distinct languages , since Kurdish people never had country on their own ,and heavily under ethnic cleansing for centuries , I’m surprised that the language is still alive, I think Kurdish geographically closer the
      birth palace of proto indo Europeans language so it’s closer to that language for example word of die (mir) … etc
      Also the word kurdish mentioned in summer clays as karda. So the Parisian name kwrt for nomad I doubt that , for political reasons kurdish culture language population are played against by the occupier countries like Turks , Arabs and Fars

    • @MahmutHaydut
      @MahmutHaydut Před rokem +2

      @@simko28 kurds had their countries. But they were not that great.

    • @persianguy1524
      @persianguy1524 Před rokem +2

      No they arent. Kirds are a meme ethnicity

  • @rayanhemn
    @rayanhemn Před rokem +2

    thank you for preparing the video we really appreciate it♥️♥️♥️

  • @Dalshad
    @Dalshad Před 7 měsíci +2

    Thank you for all the information. Great job

  • @Candlechannel
    @Candlechannel Před rokem +15

    Thanks for making this beautiful video about kurdish language ❤️😍💚

  • @magellanicspaceclouds
    @magellanicspaceclouds Před rokem +28

    I hope that Kurds will get a piece of their own land some day.

  • @omrjnn
    @omrjnn Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you for this great video.

  • @vinaroni7684
    @vinaroni7684 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for do that video ❤❤❤❤

  • @Maximilianus721
    @Maximilianus721 Před rokem +3

    Thank you Sis

  • @hevalchandler5837
    @hevalchandler5837 Před rokem +5

    honestly this is why i subscribed years ago

  • @Random_Evolution
    @Random_Evolution Před rokem +1

    Thanks for the beautiful and informative vid

  • @herrmannjosef1530
    @herrmannjosef1530 Před 10 měsíci +1

    thank you so much for the video, very nice

  • @ozhalljr
    @ozhalljr Před rokem +16

    As always, this was a treat for me! Thanks Julie.

  • @mohammadtavakkoli874
    @mohammadtavakkoli874 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I am from Iran. Amazing . Stunning. And even new for me ❤❤❤❤❤thank you

  • @faziah
    @faziah Před 8 měsíci +2

    ❤Thank you so much Julie for your great WORK ❤

  • @muro4419
    @muro4419 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thanks for all information

  • @konstantinavalentina3850
    @konstantinavalentina3850 Před rokem +10

    I love love love your videos! I am, however, sad we don't see you kitty this video.
    I recommend you make another channel where we just have coffee or lunch with you, unscripted maybe once or twice a week and get to see your kitty more often! 😀

  • @universal1945
    @universal1945 Před rokem +16

    Thank you, it’s quite accurate and comprehensive ☀️

  • @karinabogacz3454
    @karinabogacz3454 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Great video but the first recorded Kurdish texts definitely don't come in the 18th century! For example in the 9th century Ali Hariri (1009-1079) from the Hakkari region is one of the first well-known poets who wrote in Kurmanji Kurdish. And there are many more! Ahmed Xani is however the most popular, well-known one. Other are: Balül (9th century)
    Mele Perîşan (14th century, Mela Hesenê Bateyî or (Melayê Bateyî) (1417-1491). Also, Kurds are mentioned in many texts before such as Al-Masudi, Al-Maqdisi, and Ibn Rustah, make reference to the Kurds in the text from the 9th century.

  • @mehmettas811
    @mehmettas811 Před měsícem +1

    Thx for filming informative video about Kurdish language and culture. I hope you kee filming more beautiful videos about Kurdish language and culture.

  • @Coolivand
    @Coolivand Před rokem +5

    سلام😍😍
    به عنوان یه کورد / لک و لر زبان ممنونم از شما برای درست کردن چنین ویدیویی. هر بژی کورد و لک ولر

  • @ezfuat
    @ezfuat Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thanks for this stunning video, you are awesome! Dest xweş 👌

  • @daseteam
    @daseteam Před rokem +2

    Thanks, Julie

  • @Rayan_yassin
    @Rayan_yassin Před 11 měsíci +6

    As a kurdish in kurdistan region ,thank you for your video and informations about our wonderful and beloved homeland kurdistan❤️☀️💚,and btw your hat we call it (sar u bast )is so pretty ,i love it.

  • @gabor6259
    @gabor6259 Před rokem +41

    It's a shame that Kurdish children can't get education in their mother tongue. 😢 No language should ever be banned.

    • @SOHEYL
      @SOHEYL Před rokem +2

      اما کورد های ایرانی این اجازه را دارند❤آنها از اقوام اصیل ما هستند

    • @toastighosti7542
      @toastighosti7542 Před rokem

      Only in turkiye

    • @Ahmad-is2us
      @Ahmad-is2us Před rokem +3

      ​@@SOHEYL why do you lie?!

    • @Sanandaj196
      @Sanandaj196 Před 10 měsíci

      @@toastighosti7542yes in Turkey 🦃, Kurdish language is banned , that’s why we hate Turks to the grave

    • @Kelalle-ng5vq
      @Kelalle-ng5vq Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@toastighosti7542in Syria too 😢our Kurdish people forget their mom language

  • @hivdalala9450
    @hivdalala9450 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Amazing Video thank you

  • @amdabdulla1287
    @amdabdulla1287 Před 10 měsíci +1

    appreciate your efforts

  • @Nomadicenjoyerplus
    @Nomadicenjoyerplus Před rokem +94

    There are Kurdish language departments in many Turkish universities, you can find more than 10 Kurdish channels in TV and their medias are extremely active too.

    • @lalalalalalala
      @lalalalalalala Před rokem +58

      If I wasn't a Kurd living in Turkey, I would believe what you say. This is not your average European country, but a Middle Eastern country ruled by a dictatorship. It doesn't matter if we elect a Kurdish mayor because the state puts their puppets in jail and puts their own puppets on the stage. They are also removing the few existing Kurdish signs. If a Kurdish term is used in the national assembly, it is referred to as "invalid language". Universities in Turkey can't even take care of themselves. Every year, the state appoints 3 Kurdish teachers to these departments you mentioned. Probably to make fun of (!) In short, it has been forbidden for many years.
      Since being Kurdish was forbidden, they had to live as Mountain Turks.
      Yes, they went to jail when they claimed to be Kurds. It's not a joke.
      Today, it has become a language that is in danger of extinction because people are ashamed to speak their own language.
      . After the Armenians and Greeks, it was the turn of the Kurds. Here is Turkey's 100-year-old minority policy. Also, if you live in Turkey, you know that the words "Kurd" and "Armenian" are used as insults.

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +32

      Sorry but which TV channels are you talking about? There isn’t one official Kurdish TV channel other than TRT Kurdî which is run by the Erdogan Regime. The argument that there are classes or „departments“ like you said for the Kurdish language at the universities in Turkey is another fabrication Turks want to believe. There are only 3-4 Kurdish institutions where you can teach & study the language. For a population of 25-30 million Kurds living in East Anatolia a joke. So the smartest & easiest way to find out if Kurdish is not a oppressed language is to ask if the Kurdish language is an official language of Turkey. And it’s not. But not only that it’s not an official language it’s even not recognized as a (spoken) language in Turkey which means the Turkish state denies the existence of Kurdish.

    • @serkantemiz7565
      @serkantemiz7565 Před rokem +16

      @@uguryzg Federasyon verelim kardeşim size kendi vergileriniz ile yapın yayınınızı batıya gelip rahatça yaşayamazsınız oturum alamazsın ama bazı şartları kabul edilirseniz gelirsiniz. Yok öyle fırsatçılık en güzel yerler bizde sizde TC vatandaşlığı sayesinde istediğiniz yere gidip yaşayabiliyorsunuz sorgusuz sualsiz nimet arkadaş bu ortadoğu çöplüğünde yaşamıyorsunuz en azında yakında AB ile ilişkiler düzelirse rahatça AB'ye bile gidebileceksiniz, eğer birliğe girersek istediğiniz gibi çalışma izni bile alabilirsiniz.

    • @fatihkural
      @fatihkural Před rokem

      @@serkantemiz7565 Sana muhtaç olan kim oğlum? Yolda düz yürüyemeyen adam ahkam kesiyor. Sen demokrtaikleşmeden abye girebileceğini mi zannediyorsun? Türklerin çok güzel bir lafı var "Nah" diye.

    • @simko28
      @simko28 Před rokem +5

      All dialects of kurdish language are understandable to educated kurdish people , I don’t understand why you saying they are distinct languages , since Kurdish people never had country on their own ,and heavily under ethnic cleansing for centuries , I’m surprised that the language is still alive, I think Kurdish geographically closer the
      birth palace of proto indo Europeans language so it’s closer to that language for example word of die (mir) … etc
      Also the word kurdish mentioned in summer clays as karda. So the Parisian name kwrt for nomad I doubt that , for political reasons kurdish culture language population are played against by the occupier countries like Turks , Arabs and Fars

  • @Hunar1997
    @Hunar1997 Před rokem +1

    This was agreat video :) I subbed so that youtube will recomment this video more

  • @phaslow4393
    @phaslow4393 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Julie!
    You are an enchanting, mesmerizing, holy, goddess!
    Thank you for being part of this world!

    • @itzzlana1612
      @itzzlana1612 Před 2 měsíci

      Hi dear, hope you're doing well! are you trying to learn Sorani Kurdish by any chance? I am currently teaching and would be more than happy to help! If you needed anything or someone that teaches Sorani Kurdish feel free to reach out to me, I am currently teaching Kurdish as well as Beginner and Intermediate English language. Best of luck!

  • @AthanasiosJapan
    @AthanasiosJapan Před rokem +24

    Mem u Zîn is the most important Kurdish epic poem.
    Any other recommendations for must-read Kurdish texts/poems?

    • @MindMaelstrom
      @MindMaelstrom Před rokem +1

      I'm interested too

    • @SamyarBorder
      @SamyarBorder Před 20 dny +1

      there is one called Las u Xezal ... it's very cool too. mostly interesting to me because of the language and how ppl lived in the past

    • @AthanasiosJapan
      @AthanasiosJapan Před 20 dny +1

      @@SamyarBorder
      Gelek spas! I will check it when my level in Kurdish increases. (I am a beginner in Kurdish, so I need to rely on English translations)

    • @SamyarBorder
      @SamyarBorder Před 19 dny +1

      good luck@@AthanasiosJapan

  • @tutigseg
    @tutigseg Před 11 měsíci +4

    One thing about Sorani that it is not always SOV
    Sometimes it's SVO
    For example
    "I'm going to work" would be:
    Min bo kar derrom
    Min: subject
    Kar: object
    Derrom: verb
    But you can also flip it around and say:
    Min derrom bo kar
    Now it's SVO but you usually use this 2nd one after somebody asks you what you are doing so it's usually said as an answer to a question

  • @ahmed38707
    @ahmed38707 Před rokem +1

    thank you for yor vid

  • @Kurdeki_Nasyonalist
    @Kurdeki_Nasyonalist Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you for the video 🤍

  • @bustavonnutz
    @bustavonnutz Před 10 měsíci +5

    4:17 Brutally simple but extremely informative design. Much better than the esoteric charts they try illustrate language families with.

  • @huda7162
    @huda7162 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank you ❤🎉😊

  • @yusifdidar
    @yusifdidar Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thanks for that

  • @tombrennan7673
    @tombrennan7673 Před rokem +11

    Kurdish sounds like a very complicated language. But they have a fascinating culture.
    I would be interested if you could do a video on Mongolian.

  • @dastaniam
    @dastaniam Před rokem +22

    Great video. And about the dialects, don’t forget Hawrami, it’s also a dialect alongside Kurmanji, badini and Sorani. Mostly spoken in eastern part of Great Kurdistan.

    • @reberali6930
      @reberali6930 Před 9 měsíci

      I am Badini myself, Badini is sub-accent of Kurmanji which means it is not an official Kurdish dialect.

    • @reberali6930
      @reberali6930 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I am Badini myself, Badini is sub-accent of Kurmanji which means it is not an official Kurdish dialect.

  • @zana1rekani
    @zana1rekani Před 5 měsíci +1

    thanks for you its really nice about my kurdish language

  • @sjskdjsjkdksj2913
    @sjskdjsjkdksj2913 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Excellent video!

  • @hasantunc7709
    @hasantunc7709 Před rokem +3

    Her hebî Julie

  • @Narmavii
    @Narmavii Před rokem +5

    Zor spas Xwişka delal.

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 Před rokem +1

    Awesome video!

  • @msna8936
    @msna8936 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thanks!

  • @kamuranbayram3264
    @kamuranbayram3264 Před rokem +16

    Sipas dikim
    Her biji
    Biji yekitiya gele kurd u hemu gelen kurdistane ✌️ 😊🌄🦚☪️✝️✡️☀️🇱🇹

    • @kamuranbayram3264
      @kamuranbayram3264 Před rokem +3

      @@Hopeless-jo5nm we are kurds befor all the Religions comes to Kurdistan ✌️😶☀️🌄

    • @kamuranbayram3264
      @kamuranbayram3264 Před rokem +2

      @@Hopeless-jo5nm ser sere min birayen delal xwede bi tere be her biji azadiya hemu gelen kurdistane ✌️ 🌄

  • @loperet100
    @loperet100 Před rokem +7

    Waiting for you video about Catalan

  • @the_Dark_Knight_12
    @the_Dark_Knight_12 Před rokem +1

    I love your channel

  • @kvdp3806
    @kvdp3806 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thank you.

  • @raifkolbjornson
    @raifkolbjornson Před 11 měsíci +6

    Interesting. A couple of fun adds: I speak no Kurdish but I do know Persian. I find I can understand many Kurmanji nouns, and the numbers are essentially the same, which works great at the bazaar since I vastly prefer haggling in familiar IE Persian numbers instead of unfamiliar Altaic Turkish ones.
    Ergativity: Aramaic (Turoyo) which is spoken in part of the Kurmanji area, is also ergative. It is of course unrelated and works completely differently, except for that.

  • @Lorenzo_Donzelli
    @Lorenzo_Donzelli Před 11 měsíci +3

    Will you make a video on the Ligurian/ Genoese language? It is a very unique and fascinating language as much as the place where it was born, and it was the language of Christopher Columbus

  • @Da_ve1
    @Da_ve1 Před rokem +1

    Great video👍

  • @worldofmix6766
    @worldofmix6766 Před rokem +42

    As a native Persian speaker i can understand 85% of Pahlewani and 50% Sorani but only 25% Kurmanji

    • @BlueBlue-mm7kn
      @BlueBlue-mm7kn Před rokem +9

      Kurds are Iranian and speak an Iranic language.

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +4

      As a Kurmanjî speaker I’ve noticed that I understand Dari speakers from Afghanistan more than Farsi speakers from Iran. I don’t know why but many words & also the pronunciation in Dari are kinda similar even though Farsi, Sorani & Dari are sounding very soft compared to Kurmanjî

    • @papazataklaattiranimam
      @papazataklaattiranimam Před rokem +6

      You simply can’t, Even Persian dialects themselves aren’t 85% mutually intelligible

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +15

      @@papazataklaattiranimam if you take out all the English, French, Latin, Greek, Arab & Persian words out of Turkish there’s nothing much left 💀

    • @papazataklaattiranimam
      @papazataklaattiranimam Před rokem +3

      @@uguryzg The 2005 edition of Güncel Türkçe Sözlük, the official dictionary of the Turkish language published by Turkish Language Association, contains 104,481 words, of which about 86% are Turkish and 14% are of foreign origin.[1] Among the most significant foreign contributors to Turkish vocabulary are Arabic, French, Persian, Italian, English and Greek.[2]

  • @juanitosve3393
    @juanitosve3393 Před 7 měsíci +1

    very well explained

  • @SumNumber
    @SumNumber Před 8 měsíci +1

    Your Knowledge about so many languages is a great accomplishment . That and , that " Mystical " look, will get you far. :O)

  • @user-lc8vr1hp6v
    @user-lc8vr1hp6v Před rokem +13

    Gelek spas hevala delal
    Ji Qamişlo ez Silav li te dikim

  • @gulcanvarol1444
    @gulcanvarol1444 Před rokem +4

    I am in love with my language ❤️

  • @amido12
    @amido12 Před 8 měsíci +1

    her bijît thank you for sharing🌹🙏

  • @NeVarve
    @NeVarve Před 8 měsíci +1

    Very informative video . thanks

  • @DarkDennis1961
    @DarkDennis1961 Před rokem +3

    Please never stop making videos

  • @ihavenoidea2736
    @ihavenoidea2736 Před rokem +9

    Hey Juli! Are you planning on talking about the Romani language varieties?

    • @Aven-Sharma1991
      @Aven-Sharma1991 Před rokem

      रोमानी लोग और उनकी भाषाएँ और साथ ही उनकी संस्कृति मूल रूप से भारत की है। वे भारत माता की शान हैं

  • @oro9867
    @oro9867 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I love your channel Julie. The video production is excellent!!!. The research that you do is impressive!!. The only thing I suggest, you have to improve the audio equalization according to your voice. Thanks so much for the content, I hope you'll have soon a video about Hebrew Language.

  • @dwnyakarim9485
    @dwnyakarim9485 Před 11 měsíci +2

    هەمیشە سەرکەوتووو بیت خانم گیان ❤

  • @mohammedmerkhas1020
    @mohammedmerkhas1020 Před rokem +17

    Her bijî Kurdistan
    هەر بژیت کوردستان
    🟩⬜☀️⬜🟥

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +4

      @TİMURLANG KHAN how’s the inflation buddy?

  • @loveandmercy9664
    @loveandmercy9664 Před rokem +45

    I was blessed to experience Kurdish storytellers in Diyarbakir Turkey. Diyarbakir also has a small Syriac speaking community. Aramaic would be great a video. The Turkish singer Merve Tanrıkulu who is of Pontic Greek descent put an album in Pontic Greek.

  • @alimsr25
    @alimsr25 Před rokem +2

    Thanks xwedî te razî be

  • @darya9747
    @darya9747 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Hello, thank you for this cool video on Kurdish language, I was wondering if you could do a video on Hawrami too.

  • @vinaroni7684
    @vinaroni7684 Před rokem +6

    Biji Kurd u Kurdistan ❤

  • @KurdishwDia
    @KurdishwDia Před rokem +5

    Great content! Thanks for making a video about Kurdish language ❤️✨
    I’m also an Italki teacher that teach Sorani kurdish there🥰

  • @micosstar
    @micosstar Před rokem +1

    woah, cool!

  • @erfandolamari5930
    @erfandolamari5930 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @chun-li7192
    @chun-li7192 Před rokem +4

    Could u do a video about the language #tamazigh ? It would be really interesting. :) thanks

    • @uguryzg
      @uguryzg Před rokem +3

      As a Kurd I would be interested too! 🙌
      Love to the Amazigh people 🙏

  • @amirhoseinshams256
    @amirhoseinshams256 Před rokem +18

    Kurdish is a beautiful language!🔥💥 It's some similarities to Persian but I still can't define it🙃
    Thank you so much for supporting Mahsa Amini Protests btw💥❤️❤️(mentioned in description)
    Love and respect from Iran!❤️🩶💚

  • @antoineolivier1287
    @antoineolivier1287 Před rokem +2

    I love you, Julie.

  • @NA-sz6eb
    @NA-sz6eb Před 9 měsíci +2

    Kurdish language has very wide range of name/word. Wikipedia has listed kurdish language on 9th place (only kurmanci ) by world languages. Some example a flower has several name.

  • @likeicare300
    @likeicare300 Před rokem +4

    Love your channel.

  • @Nomadicenjoyer31
    @Nomadicenjoyer31 Před rokem +46

    Kurdish belongs to the Indo-European family. It is widely spoken in Kurdistan, a region that forms part of a number of countries (Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Armenia and Georgia). There are a number of dialects (such as Sorani, Kurmanji, Gorani, etc.) but the main two dialects of modern literary Kurdish are Kurmanji and Sorani. Kurmanji and Sorani are not mutually intelligible; they differ from each other at basic structural levels as well as in vocabulary and idioms. For instance, unlike Kurmanji, Sorani has no future tense in the present habitual or progressive verb (Thackston 2006).
    Sorani, to date, is the second official language of Iraq, and it is spoken by approximately 11 million Kurds scattered mainly across Northern Iraq and Western Iran.

    • @napoleonfeanor
      @napoleonfeanor Před rokem +2

      She already mentioned most of that. Basically two Kurdish languages.

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah Před rokem +4

      Yeah, we watched the video too.

    • @kedici2583
      @kedici2583 Před rokem +1

      Linguists agree that the difference between Kurmanji and Sorani are like English and German.

    • @alitalati
      @alitalati Před rokem +10

      @@kedici2583 Hi,
      I don’t agree with this comparison. I, as a Kurmanji speaker, can communicate quite freely and talk about so many subjects with Sorani speakers, even with some Pehlewani speakers. How many sentences could monolingual English and German speakers exchange?

    • @alitalati
      @alitalati Před rokem +1

      @@sUbScRiBeRswItHoUtvEdEo rast e, bira. Spas bo bersiva te 👋🏽

  • @h5m9o
    @h5m9o Před 9 měsíci

    thank you❤️☀️💚😍

  • @amdabdulla1287
    @amdabdulla1287 Před 10 měsíci

    many thanks