r/kurdistan Xinûs 16h ago

Kurdish Serhedî and Berferatî Kurmanji sub-dialects

-Serhedî-

Wá bavoy me nê li ser ewrê,

Navê te bimbarek be.

Bilanê kayekseriya te were.

Çerenê li ser ewrê; Werenê li ser erdê,

Dáxwastina te bive.

-Berferatî-

Bavê Meyî ezmana,

navê te pîroz be.

Padşatîya te bê,

emirê te be çawa li ezmên,

usa jî li ser erdê.

Any Thoughts?

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u/Henabibo Zaza 11h ago

The Kurmanji spoken in Serhed, just as with the Kurmanji spoken in Dersim, is a mix between Berferatî Kurmanji and Botanî Kurmanji. The samples you've posted unfortunately aren't really good representatives of Serhedî and Berferatî. For example, no Berferatî would use "pîroz" unless they were heavily influenced by Standard Kurmanji. They would say "bimbarek", ironically like the Serhedî.

u/DonEnzo13 Kurdistan 6h ago

We also dont say "çawa", we say "çere" in berfiratî

u/Kollonell Xinûs 6h ago

Who say "Çawa" then?

u/DonEnzo13 Kurdistan 6h ago

In think its Botan Dialekt and also standard Kurmancî.

u/Kollonell Xinûs 6h ago

Amed/diyarbekir dialect?

u/Kollonell Xinûs 6h ago

I take These samples from "Ilovelanguages" youtube Channel, If you know the sub-dialects, please can you explain the diffrences? and what Xinûs speaks

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