Dilbihar: The Kurdish Language Must Be Granted Official Status

After years of revival, what is the Kurdish language’s future in Syria? - Syria Direct

QAMISHLI — At her home in Syria’s northeastern Qamishli city, high school student Sima Ahmed sits down to study and do her homework in Kurdish, her mother tongue and the language that “reflects my identity and belonging,” she said.  Sima, 16, began learning Kurdish from her father, who was keen to teach her “to read and write at home” from an early age. Studying the language was an act of preservation in a country where Kurds had been deprived o…

Dilbihar: The Kurdish language must be granted official status

The Kurdish Language Day, celebrated every year on May 15 to protect the Kurdish people's linguistic and cultural heritage, is marked this year with various events highlighting the richness and diversity of the Kurdish language and the obstacles to its use. Speaking to ANF about the May 15 Kurdish Language Day and assimilation policies targeting the Kurdish language, Heval Dilbihar, Co-Spokesperson of the DEM Party's Language, Culture, and Arts …