Soranî

Soranî (سۆرانی) is a group of Central Kurdish dialects and as such is part of the Iranian languages. Soranî belongs to the Kurmanji branch of dialects that make up the Kurdish language, and is most correctly referred to as Southern Kurmanji. It is spoken by a total of approximately 10 million people in Iraq and Iran. It is the most widespread speech form of Iraqi Kurds, and is the language of a plurality of Kurds in Eastern Kurdistan (also referred to as Iranian Kurdistan).