Kurdish lessons at Indiana University

Kurdish lessons at Indiana University
[16:33 , 28 Sep 2006]
Kurds ,American (AP)

PNA-Indiana University is starting a class to teach a dialect of
Kurdish, spoken in Iraq, Iran and several other Middle Eastern countries.

The university is among the first in the nation offering a class in
the Kurmanji dialect. Ten students are enrolled in the class this semester.

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures chair John Walbridge
says the Kurdish area in northern Iraq is prospering and the Kurdish areas
of Turkey are largely at peace and more open, making it easier to study the
group.

Kurmanji Kurdish is spoken by nearly 15 million of the estimated 27 to
30 million Kurdish speakers worldwide.

The U-S government has identified Kurmanji Kurdish as a critical
language, which could create employment opportunities for I-U students.

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