Kurdish Sorani Romanized Dictionary & Phrasebook ─ Sorani-english / English-sorani

Sorani (also called Kurdi) is a Kurdish language spoken mainly in Iraq and Iran, with an estimated 15 million speakers worldwide. The Kurds are spread across the countries of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, as well as Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Lebanon. There is also a large diaspora of Kurds, which is especially prominent in Europe. In all, there are up to 40 million speakers of the Kurdish languages worldwide.Generally written in Perso-Arabic script, Sorani is now also found in Romanized form. This easy-to-use phrasebook uses the official Sorani Latin alphabet to aid instant communication. In addition to a pronunciation guide, included are:  a resourceful two-way dictionary, containing more than 4,000 entries  an informative grammar section  useful appendices of Sorani numbers, opposites, and key verbs  useful lists covering such things as emergency, health care, political, relief aid, and combat terms  a collection of travel-oriented phrases

Nicholas Awde is an author and linguist specializing in the Caucasus, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. He is the author of numerous books about the region including Women in Islam: An Anthology from the Qur’an and Hadiths, Arabic Practical Dictionary, and Persian (Farsi) Dictionary & Phrasebook, all available from Hippocrene Books.