alan131210 wrote:it is called Sorani script as it is used in Suli Helwer Kirkuk EK-Kordestan province. in Bahdinan it is called the bahdini script prob im not sure. latin was used in turkey after ataturk invented it, the ottomans used the arabic script. it is not obsession and it is kurdish sorani script, it is called sorani bcoz most who use it are sorani speakers !? and it is not arabic as i cant even read or understand arabic.
Hayatekem it is called Kurdish script in Behdinan areas and you might not understand arabic , but it is still modified arabic alphabet and has nothing to do with Kurdish . Arabic alphabets did not spread like Islam did for a good reason and turkey distant itself from it because it is not in line with modern world .
alan131210 wrote:how is it been taught in SK and privately in EK !? the same way it can be taught in NK when time is right, but certainly bcoz SK is free it will impose its script and used what ever it likes not what might be convenient for other occupied parts god knows when if ever will be freed specially NK. .
The goal of the kurdish conference (mine and yours too ) is /was to find a unified way for Kurds to communicate with each others along with the ability to read kurdish literature from across Kurdistan .NK is under occupation and as you pointed out it might stay for a very long time , So it only makes sense that SK start teaching Kurdish using latin alphabets to Kurds in the South , so when NK and WK are freed , we will have a base in terms of communication and education and even if they are not freed for the next 100 years , having a united language is essential and important to maintain and strengthen our unity .
I'd like to point out that this is the tip of the ice burge of the problems that will emerge when Kurdistan is united . Imagine what the election going to look like when North , West , East and south United
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alan131210 wrote:no, you are wrong, there was a meeting by Kurdish languages professionals, intellectuals etc.. to have the unified script in (Latin) for SK but it "failed" as most of SK are Sorani speakers and will reject the idea of using Latin script, like i said it has been used for over several centuries now in SK and EK it has grown into us and it is not going to be stopped bcoz the NK want to use Latin! if we can learn the latin, they can learn the Sorani script when they are freed.
You are not looking at the big picture here and try to protect something that is not even yours . If we want a united Kurdistan in every sense then Latin will be our only choice since majority of Kurds use it anyway . The conference did fail and it was expected to fail since it was the first one in the Kurdish history and frankly I think it was too early to make such demands from the south , but there were consonances and that were made in the conference and we have a clear picture of the obstacle facing Kurdish language .
alan131210 wrote:lets just agree to disagree, but SK will never use Latin as main script , take it from me heval i know i am on FB and read comments about this everyday, even TV channels ask the participants to send in their comments in "sorani" as the latin is not popular in SK and people do not even know how to use it despite been taught in year 6 in school, well in my time it was.
No kak Alan , we have no choice but to agree if we ever wanted a united Kurdistan
. For now both script will remain as I mentioned earlier , but in the long run it will definitely change , because it is not a choice . Considering that the North along with WK constitute the majority of Kurds they will have it their way if there is ever a Kurdish unity .
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:03 pm
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