Memorise the lyrics, then find out what the words mean, and repeat with a different Kurdish songs.

Hi all, I hope I’m okay to post here (mods please remove and sign post me elsewhere if it’s not okay!).

I’m a primary school teacher with a kurdish child in my class who we are putting on the SEN register due to issues with executive function and cognition & learning. Dad’s English is good, Mum’s is not and I requested a translator for our meeting only to be told its too expensive 🙄.

I will be surviving on Google translate then but I want to collect a list of words we will use in the meeting a print them out ahead of time to reference.

Could I please ask for the following words/terms to be translated? If they are not translatable could you give me an approximation? Thank you so much, I really want to support this family and give them the tools they need to understand their child’s needs. There are a lot of words here so i really appreciate the help.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
SEN register
Primary area of need
Targeted support
Intervention
Pupil progress

Executive functioning
Working memory
Short-term memory
Sustained attention

Concentration
Organisation
Planning
Task initiation
Task completion
Following instructions
Processing information

Cognitive flexibility
Mental flexibility
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Self-monitoring

Managing transitions
Independence
Retaining information
Applying learning
Multi-step instructions
Processing speed

Cognition
Cognitive development
Cognition and learning
Learning difficulties

Acquisition of skills
Retention of knowledge
Recall
Understanding
Reasoning
Verbal reasoning
Non-verbal reasoning

Logical thinking
Generalisation of learning
Transfer of skills
Memory and recall
Information processing
Receptive language

Expressive language
Language processing
Scaffolding
Pre-teaching
Cognitive load

Neurodiversity
Neurodivergent
Neurotypical
Neurodevelopmental differences

Developmental needs
Developmental delay

Your experiences can help build a better understanding of Kurdish culture so therapists can implement more meaningful therapy. Your participation is EXTREMELY appreciated!❤️😊

I’m an occupational therapy doctoral student conducting a survey about the cultural activities, traditions, and everyday occupations that were meaningful to Kurdish individuals during childhood.

I’m hoping to learn more about experiences growing up in Kurdish families and communities, including family gatherings, traditional celebrations, music and dance, storytelling, cooking, and other meaningful activities.

Kurdish Childhood Occupations and Meaningful Activities Survey – Fill out form

I really, really appreciate your participation! :)

Choni Bashi

Any good apps to learn Hawleri Sorani? I have been using Bimus, which is great, but I have noticed the sorani it teaches ​is different than the sorani my friends and family in Erbil use. I think Bimus uses the Slemani dialect?

For example it used the term minal for children, whilst I hear people here say mindal.

I barely know any Kurdish and am in my 30s so I am a slow learner.

I will keep using Bimus for now, as it is close to what the people here use and I like that it's similar in style to duolingo.

Zor spas!

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Hi! I’m looking for a native or highly proficient/literate Kurmancî speaker who’d be willing to occasionally help me check short dialogue for a manga I’m working on.
It would mostly be things like:
checking whether short sentences sound natural
correcting grammar or spelling
helping with individual words or expressions
suggesting more casual/slang-like ways of saying something
telling me how something would actually be said in everyday Kurmancî rather than just translating it literally
It wouldn’t be large amounts of text — usually just a few lines, speech bubbles, or specific expressions from time to time.
The manga is set in Germany and includes Kurdish characters, so I’d like their Kurmancî to feel natural and believable.
If you speak Kurmancî and would be interested in helping occasionally, feel free to DM me. :)

We run a company and have been working for a while on developing an AI platform built to international standards with full Kurdish language support. I would love to get your thoughts on this—in your opinion, how important is it to have a Kurdish-focused AI released, and what kind of impact do you think it will have on the community and work here? I'd really appreciate reading your insights and suggestions.

Hey! I’m Ossetian from Georgia. I’m looking to make some Kurdish friends. If you’d like to chat and become friends, feel free to message me!

Hey everyone,

A Kurdish Discord Server dedicated to Kurdish history, language roots, and culture, and we are currently working on a 2.0 relaunch to turn it into a genuine hub for deeper academic and cultural discussions.

Right now, we are specifically looking to build a more diverse group of members who want to exchange information on:

• Etymology & Linguistics: Tracing word origins, comparative dialect studies, and helping each other learn.

• Underrepresented Dialects: We are actively looking for native speakers or learners of Zazaki, Luri, and other regional dialects to join, share vocabulary, and make sure all branches of our language family are represented.

• History & Heritage: Deep dives into ancient/modern history, primary sources, and cultural traditions.

Whether you're a native speaker, someone from the diaspora trying to reconnect, or a history/linguistics enthusiast, we'd love to have you bring your insights to the table.

If you're interested in helping us build an active space for this, you can join here: https://discord.gg/aPzYpPxhWA

Will i survive livin two years here without learning Kurdish ?

I'm from kirkuk and i grew up speaking sorani kurdish not knowing my paternal ancestry is originally from rojhalat more specifically they speak southern kurdish with a slight regional dialect idk if it really is a dialect called chardoli/ chardawli

They're from the sayinqala area east of bokan

It's a mostly azeri area so their language has some influence from that

What's interesting is in sayinqala all three major dialects of kurdish are spoken yet no one knows about it

I wanted to see if anybody else has any info about my background/tribe

I kept writing Sorani with spelling mistakes nothing around me would catch, so I built Rast — a free, rule-based orthography tool for Sorani that enforces Standard Kurdish spelling.

Works as a browser extension (autocorrects as you type), a web app (paste text, get corrections), and on Android/iOS.

It's rule-based, not AI — predictable, but it won't catch everything.

Link: Visit Rast

Feedback welcome, especially on anything it's flagging wrong.

Hellooo, I’m not Kurdish but I’m Assyrian and planning to visit the Kurdistan region sometime soon and I’d like to learn Sorani. Are there any Kurds in Sydney that are aware of any language schools either online or in person? Also, how hard is it to learn?

I have a Kurdish student from Syria and he is illiterate, so regular text translators don’t work and all the translation tools/apps I know don’t have audio for Kurdish,

Do any of you have any recommendations? Like I need something that translates spoken or written English into Kurdish, and like Kurdish into English.

Has anyone used Targumi to learn Kurmanji?

If so, what are your thoughts?

In Kurdish people’s characteristics are often described in terms of certain body parts. This is also the case in English, for example “sharp-tongued", “level-headed”, “warm-hearted” etc. but in Kurdish this practice is much more widespread. The video provides some examples in Kurmanji Kurdish.

Hello, everyone!

As the title says, I’m desperate to learn Kurdish! I married into a Kurdish family and every time we travel to Kurdistan, I feel like I’m missing out on so much by not being able to communicate with my husband’s family. Same with his family here in the USA, I feel like we’d share such a bigger bonding experience if I KNEW KURDISH.😭

Their family is from Zakho. I don’t know if they speak Kurmanji there? Or another dialect? I really wanted to surprise my husband and my family by just randomly speaking Kurdish one day.😂

Any resources for their dialect of Kurdish would REALLY help and would be very appreciated! Thank you!!

I built Bersiv to help Kurdish speakers reconnect with authentic Kurmancî, instead of teaching vocabulary from scratch, it shows you the Arabic loanword you already know and swaps it for the native Kurdish word it replaced generations ago. 600+ word pairs, native Kurdish audio, daily streaks, and Ferheng, a 38,000+ word Kurdish dictionary built in. next update Kurdish names ;)

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bersiv.app

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760458533

Would love feedback from native speakers especially.

I'm always refining the word list.

Spas :)

Silav Hevalan!

Please help me identify this particular song playing in the following video : https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbv4yZAi2UA/

I think it's an old folk song from Diyarbakir, but i'm not a native speaker of the language so I can't identify who the great artist behind this song is!

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Spas!