alan131210 wrote:i think it should be kept , i am from SK and i know the latin fully, so it is not going to make SK and EK not learn the latin script, but we want to keep the sorani script, bcoz we have grown into it for several decades now.
having a latin script for kurds which was introduced by a turk is not a good sign, and the west will not look at kurds differently if we used latin script, the normal west people will never tell between a kurd and an arab, the politicians prob will know the different between a kurd and an arab so who cares what they think, it was them that divided our land after all .
also getting closer to the west financially has nothing to do with having latin script, i.e. UAE and Qatar.
we need smart and economical minded leaders to acheive that.
alan131210 wrote:here is an interesting article about Latin vs Sorani script.
it basically says a group of intellectuals refuse the change from kurdish Sorani to Latin script and that no part of kurdistan should impose its script on the other, that Sorani script has been used by Kurds for several decades, lots of poets, novels and classics as well as literatures were written in Sorani script by great and famous kurds while the latin script was only introduced by Kemal Ataturk on kurds in the north.
read full article here
http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/1/325770/
umut wrote:
I think South Kurdistan must use Latin script to establish better relations with Western countries , in this way also Kurds in Turkey can read Sorani easily.
alan131210 wrote:Kak Taslor, first the officialt script of SK is the "Sorani" script, so most of the signs of shops in SK are in "Sorani" script, the new shopping malls are a different story, first they are English not Latin, they are mostly built for foreigners as $400 per month salary will not allow you to do your shopping in Family or Majidi mall, trust me i was there in 2010.
alan131210 wrote:like i said it is "Sorani" script not arabic and it has been used by SK and EK for 100s of years now, the latin was only used by kurds in NK after Kemal Ataturk invented the Latin for turkish language, so we must run and copy his invention !!
alan131210 wrote:Sorani will be kept in SK and EK, NK just have to introduce it in their schools to understand us, just like how we have done with latin to understand them.
alan131210 wrote:in the end it will be put to a referendum in SK but remain assured (Hawler, Suli and Kirkuk) will vote to have the sorani script kept(based on personal experience), i am not too sure for Duhok
the same with EK, they have already opened up private schools teaching the "Sorani" script in Sine.
talsor wrote:
it certainly is and we are not debating that and I do not think the investors are that stupid to make a mall that people will not shop in , would they ? .
There is no such thing as sorani script or may you think behdinis in Dohuk use different script ? . It is a mere modification of arabic script , so I failed to understand the obsession here . Kurdish latin script is not the invention of ataturk and I do not know why would you even think that way . Latin script is Latin and being used many many countries including turkey .
lol you think that arabic script will/can be taught in Northern Kurdistan ? How ? when they are the majority and under occupation ? . The consonances now based on the last conference that was held in southern Kurdistan is that Latin should be introduced in the south beside the arabic script , because it is much easier to implement Latin in the south that implementing Arabic script in the north where teaching kurdish is not permitted .
[/quote]I do not think there will be any referendum for the next 20 years and the arabic script will remain for the time being , but in the long run latin script will take over .it will not completely disappear , but will be irrelevent in few generations .
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.
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. .
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.
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.
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