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Kurdish Language

Kurdish CD-ROM
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Where does Kurdish come from?
Kurdish belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

How many people speak Kurdish?
There are nearly 20 million speakers of Kurdish, scattered over a number of countries. About 8 million are in Turkey, 5 million in Iran, 4 million in Iraq, and one million in Syria. Some are also in Armenia, and there is now a sizeable Kurdish community living in Germany.

In how many countries?
Kurdish is spoken in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia and Germany.

Kurdish Culture

Kurdish Food and Drink
The Kurds are not heavy meat eaters, but rely more on vegetables and grains. Like other Muslims, they eat lamb and mutton, and sometimes beef, but mostly in conjunction with rice and vegetables, in pilafs and in dishes parallel to our stews. Staple grains are rice and bulghur (a kind of wheat kernel somewhat akin to Cream of Wheat) and a flat bread baked on the sides of a tandoor or circular oven. Tandoor-style Indian, Pakistani, and Afghan restaurants have cropped up in recent years in bigger cities in the United States, and bread like the Kurds make is often available there. Vegetables include summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and parsley-like greens. Fruit is appreciated, with watermelon (eaten with knife and fork) a favorite. Salt, pepper, cumin, and garlic are common spices; hot peppers are used sparingly, and cooking oil is used with enthusiasm.

Plain yogurt is another staple, along with cheese. Kurdish families make their own yoghurt, a simple process that depends on a live yogurt culture, which is added to milk and causes it to ferment.

Kurds drink tea—lots of it, heavily sweetened, occasionally by means of a sugar cube held under the tongue. In the Middle East, tea is drunk in small glasses.

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