hello

[jjmuneer]

Does anyone know any good Kurmanji/Sorani learning book or CD that I could buy? I've searched on Amazon and ebay, there are a few but not sure if it is quality learning. They seem all basic or intermediate.

[kurd-sthanam]

this channel is good for kurmanji beginners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXr8vX40VZk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1   

i am also interested in sorani

[talsor]

I think interaction is the best way to learn and considering we are all kurds it should not be too hard to befriend a Sorani or a Kurmanji speaker . We do have a language section here and everyone will be more than happy to help , so feel free to post any questions you might have .

It makes me very happy to see our people trying to learn the two main Kurdish dialects .

[jjmuneer]

I think interaction is the best way to learn and considering we are all kurds it should not be too hard to befriend a Sorani or a Kurmanji speaker . We do have a language section here and everyone will be more than happy to help , so feel free to post any questions you might have .

It makes me very happy to see our people trying to learn the two main Kurdish dialects .

In real life I don't really thinkthat is possible sadly, because all these Kurds here speak Turkish. Anyways the thing is I need help on everything from basic to the high level language. I think interaction would be good for the beginning, but I'd need basically a syallbus. There is no courses round here to apply to. I'll probably end up buying one of these books/CD learning kurmanji and Sorani kits.

[kurd-sthanam]

I think interaction is the best way to learn and considering we are all kurds it should not be too hard to befriend a Sorani or a Kurmanji speaker . We do have a language section here and everyone will be more than happy to help , so feel free to post any questions you might have .

It makes me very happy to see our people trying to learn the two main Kurdish dialects .

In real life I don't really thinkthat is possible sadly, because all these Kurds here speak Turkish. Anyways the thing is I need help on everything from basic to the high level language. I think interaction would be good for the beginning, but I'd need basically a syallbus. There is no courses round here to apply to. I'll probably end up buying one of these books/CD learning kurmanji and Sorani kits.

from wich region are those speaking turkish? because Im anatolian and know only few that speak turkish. but you have right, as i were in primary school they offered motherlanguage courses. nobody took kurdish for their children, 30% schol were kurdish children but we were 3 wich parents wanted kurdish, the rest turkish. and those children didnt even know turkish.

but the ironic is half of them still dont know turkish now

[jjmuneer]

I think interaction is the best way to learn and considering we are all kurds it should not be too hard to befriend a Sorani or a Kurmanji speaker . We do have a language section here and everyone will be more than happy to help , so feel free to post any questions you might have .

It makes me very happy to see our people trying to learn the two main Kurdish dialects .

In real life I don't really thinkthat is possible sadly, because all these Kurds here speak Turkish. Anyways the thing is I need help on everything from basic to the high level language. I think interaction would be good for the beginning, but I'd need basically a syallbus. There is no courses round here to apply to. I'll probably end up buying one of these books/CD learning kurmanji and Sorani kits.

from wich region are those speaking turkish? because Im anatolian and know only few that speak turkish. but you have right, as i were in primary school they offered motherlanguage courses. nobody took kurdish for their children, 30% schol were kurdish children but we were 3 wich parents wanted kurdish, the rest turkish. and we had no course because there were no much people.

Not sure the Kurds I know here are from Diaybakir and there are a few Zazaki Kurds aswell.

[alan131210]

man whats with NK kurds ? SK never sent thier kids to arabic schools in the old days even , that is why we do not speak arabic . i'd rather starve than speak turkish to feed me .

[jjmuneer]

man whats with NK kurds ? SK never sent thier kids to arabic schools in the old days even , that is why we do not speak arabic . i'd rather starve than speak turkish to feed me .

They do this alot, especially their kids in school, they send them on Turkish ccourses. The thing is there is no Kurdish courses here, or not any that I know of.

[kurd-sthanam]

man whats with NK kurds ? SK never sent thier kids to arabic schools in the old days even , that is why we do not speak arabic . i'd rather starve than speak turkish to feed me .

i say it every time, its stockholm syndrome. they felt in love with turks but turks hate them. they speak turkish in PKK supporter culture centers, in newroz nights all the time. a BDP member sad the last times, that they have respect for "turkey-flag" (turkish flag!), but they dont have kurdish flag. sad when our kurds who speak everyday kurdish and support PKK but when they see the microphone, they begin to speak turkish in the microphone as kurdish is not weird for microphone it makes me realy agry.