Me and my language

Name: Parvaneh Rezaee
Preferred language name(s): Southern Kurdish
Alternative names: Kurdish
Language classification: Indo-European – Indo-Iranian – Iranian
Geographical areas where spoken: Western – Southwestern Iran
Approximate number of speakers: 3,000,000
Other languages spoken in the community: Persian
Official language(s) in your country: Persian

Language Background
My vitality assessment

Vulnerable

Inter-generational transmission:
All community members speak the language.
Absolute number of speakers:
approximately 3 million
Speaker number trends:
Almost all community members speak the language; speaker numbers are stable or increasing.
Domains of use of the language:
Used mainly just in the home; some speakers may value their language but many are indifferent or support language shift; no literacy or education programs exist for the language; government encourages shift to the majority language.

What have other sources said about your language?

	Reported # of speakers	Vitality Assessment
endangeredlanguages.com	N/A	N/A
ethnologue.com	3,000,000	6a (Vigorous)
en.wikipedia.org	3,000,000	N/A