Both in Syria and Iraq, there are rising reports of pushes for Arabic to become a main language and demographic changes in Kurdish areas, with officials needing to tackle these issues.

Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed described the recognition of Kurdish as a national language as “a good initial step,” but one that falls short of Kurdish aspirations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ILLUSTRATION - A Kurdish girl stands behind a Kurdish flag during a demonstration at Newroz Square in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, near ...

Syrian Kurds are grappling to preserve Kurdish language education as Syria seeks integration of Kurdish regions under an Arabic-centered curriculum. Despite a decree allowing limited Kurdish ...

The protests follow a recent decree by Syria's Education Ministry that recognizes Kurdish as a national language to be offered in areas where Kurds form a significant part of the population. Under the ...

Call him a choirmaster of endangered dialects from distant lands, or a prophetic polyglot. If Kurmanci, the Kurdish dialect of a people with a heritage but no land of their own, has a messiah, he has ...

DIYARBAKIR — Years of Turkish state policies of assimilation have put the Kurdish language under threat. But now the government is allowing Kurdish classes as part of the government's policy to ease ...

The Kurdish Language Platform slams Minister of National Education Selçuk, who answered a Parliamentary question by saying, “No language other than Turkish shall be taught as a mother tongue to ...

By Orhan Qereman QAMISHLI, Syria, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds are seeking to preserve schooling in their mother tongue ...

A new generation of young Kurdish folklore collectors is helping to revitalize endangered languages and create a living archive, a new study shows. Stories and songs could be saved from oblivion ...