Kurdish Wikipedias
Kurdish-language editions of Wikipedia
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There are two Kurdish editions of Wikipedia (Kurmanji Kurdish: Wîkîpediya kurdî, Sorani Kurdish: ویکیپیدیای کوردی), one written in Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) and the other in Sorani (Central Kurdish).
Logo of the Kurmanji Wikipedia (left) and the Sorani Wikipedia (right) | |||
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Available in | Kurdish (Kurmanji · Sorani) | ||
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation | ||
| Created by | Kurdish wiki community | ||
| URL | ku.wikipedia.org (Kurmanji) ckb.wikipedia.org (Sorani) | ||
| Commercial | No | ||
| Registration | Optional | ||
| Launched | 7 January 2004 | ||
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies | ||
The original one was founded in January 2004. As of April 2026, the Kurmanji Wikipedia has 91,304 articles and Sorani Wikipedia has 81,306 articles.[1] There are also two other Wikipedia editions for Zazaki and Southern Kurdish with the latter still in the test phase.
History
The Kurdish Wikipedia established on 7 January 2004,[2] designed to contain articles in Kurmanji and Sorani at the same time. On 12 August 2009, Kurdish Wikipedia separated into two versions due to technical and linguistic issues. The old version (ku.) remained as Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia and a new version (ckb.) created for Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia.
See also
Gallery
Kurdish women at a Wikimedia UK Wikipedia training event in London, December 2016
