are the kurds an indo-european people?
About the Kurds. The 25 million Kurds are the largest ethnicity in the world without a state of its own. Promised - but never granted- their own country after WWI, Kurds now live in parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan. They are almost universally despised for asserting their identity. The Kurdish language. Kurdish, the most widely spoken language in the Kurdistan Region, is in the Indo-European family of languages. The Kurdistan Region’s official languages for government purposes are Kurdish and Arabic. The two most widely spoken dialects of Kurdish are Sorani and Kurmanji. Central Asia. Indo-Europeans. Scholars first noticed similarities between Sanskrit and Latin and Greek in the sixteenth century, as Europeans came into contact with India. But it was the British Asiatic Society in eighteenth century India under Sir William Jones that compared words across the three languages and found remarkable similarities. The words Kurds, Kurdistan, or Kurdish were officially banned by the Turkish government. Following the military coup of 1980, the Kurdish language was officially prohibited in public and private life. Many people who spoke, published, or sang in Kurdish were arrested and imprisoned. The Kurds are the majority population in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, and are a significant minority group in the neighboring countries Turkey and Iran, where Kurdish nationalist movements continue to pursue greater autonomy and cultural rights. The Kurds (Kurdish: Kurd‎, کورد) also the Kurdish people (Kurdish: Gelê Kurd‎, گەلی کورد‎) are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a contiguous area spanning adjacent parts of eastern and southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), western Iran (Eastern or Iranian Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern or Iraqi Kurdistan), and northern ... Kurdia/Kurdistan ´s unofficial map ,official  settlement area . The peoples in a lot of regions covered by that map will object to being part of Kurdistan. Kurdish PeoPle : Studies show that Kurds have a stronger european genetic make-up then Greeks,Southern italians and Spanish people. The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq. Congressional Research Service. Summary. The Kurdish-inhabited region of northern Iraq has been relatively peaceful and prosperous since. the fall of Saddam Hussein. However, the Iraqi Kurds’ political autonomy, and territorial and. economic demands, have caused friction with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Arab. Thread: Did you know that Kurds(Kurdish PeoPle) are Europeans? Did you know that Kurds(Kurdish PeoPle) are Europeans? hi guys.. here i want to tell you some informations about Kurds.. Kurds are a nation/PeoPle of  unofficial Kurdia/Kurdistan state and official  PeoPle of Kurdia/Kurdistan settlement area . Language: Kurdish ,is an indoeuroPean language. and Religion of Kurds: Christianity, Judaism,Islam,Yezidi,Alevi. and a lot of kurds were assimilated by turkish ottomans.. Turkey and Iran. were skeptical about Kurdish autonomy in Iraq but have reconciled themselves to this reality and. have emerged as major investors in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The major territorial, financial, and political issues between the Kurds and the central government. do not appear close to resolution.
Yes, it is an indo-european people.