Here is a list of additional study materials to take your Sorani Kurdish to the next level!
Study Courses
Learn to write and pronounce the Kurdish Alphabet with a YouTube video from Glossika. Includes International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Note that even though the title of the video mentions Arabic, the examples used are Kurdish.
Glossika Sorani, based on thousands of common sentences. The site will test you and place you in a level from A1 to C1. Usually you pay for these language courses, but since Glossika values language preservation, their website provides Sorani for free! It may help to learn to read and type Kurdish before doing this course, otherwise choose the “Listening only” mode.
Memrise “Kurdish (Sorani) with Audio” course – Memrise is an online learning site, with a huge catalogue of learning resources. The linked course is on the basics of Sorani. Please read our review of the course for more details.
Grammar Books
Kim’s Kurdish Grammar Includes exercises.
Thackston’s Sorani Kurdish Grammar A scholarly work.
My Languages Look up grammatical categories and see lists in English and Kurdish.
Dictionaries
The Kurdish Dictionary – A fairly extensive online dictionary for translating between Sorani, Kurmanji, and English.
Rebin Dictionary App – A Kurdish dictionary app
About Kurdish Language and Culture
Kurdish Heritage Institute – We’ve linked here to one of the beautiful cultural videos created by KHI, with English subtitles.
My Nest in Kurdistan – A group blog about Kurdistan in general, with lists of reading references. Gives interesting insight into Kurdish culture and history.
A History of the Kurdish Language – For those who are interested in the roots of the Kurdish language. Includes articles about the history of Kurdish language and other cultural information. Use the search option to find what you are specifically interested in.
About Language Learning
The Growing Participator Approach (GPA) – A language learning method based primarily on listening to and practicing a language. Languages are spoken by people, not by books. This method focuses on interacting with the language community and its speakers rather than studying through a grammar book.