How this 'Sormanji' household is 'building a bridge' between Kurdish dialects - Çon em mallbate 'Sormancî' ye 'pird dirust' deken le nêwan zarawe Kurdîyekan
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In episode three of SBS Kurdish podcast My Kurdish Language Is My Identity, we explore the possibilities of mixing of two of the most spoken Kurdish dialects- Kurmanji and Sorani. Kawa is from Kirkuk and Elham from Kobani, they have been married for several years. When they both met as refugees in Turkey, both weren't familiar with the other's Kurdish dialect, but now "Sormanji" is what they speak at home and with their two young children. Kawa and Elham have also officially changed their surnames to "Sormanji". - Le beşî sêyemî zîncîrey podkastî SBS Kurdî "Ziman Nasnamey Mine", ême bas le egerî têkell kirdinî dû zarawey Kurdî dekeyin- Kurmancî û Soranî. Kawa xellkî Kerkûke û Îlham xellkî Kobanî ye, ewan çendîn salle jiyanî hawsergîrîyan pêkhênawe, katêk ke yektrîyan nasî hîç-kam le ewan le zarawey ew dî baş tênedegeyiştin. Êsta ewan be "Sormancî" dedwên le malle we û le gell zarokekanîyan. Kawa û Îlham êsta paşnawî xoyan be fermî wek "Sormanji" tomar kirdûwe.
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