| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Country Population |
Global Population |
Indigenous | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Herki | Iran | 22,000 | 107,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Herki | Iraq | 42,000 | 107,000 | ● | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.04 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Herki | Turkey | 43,000 | 107,000 | ● | Islam | 1 ● | 0.30 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Azerbaijan | 6,600 | 15,724,000 | ● | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.04 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Armenia | 2,200 | 15,724,000 | ● | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.50 % | 1 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Australia | 4,500 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 1.00 % | 0.70 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Austria | 25,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.10 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Belgium | 29,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.11 % | 0.07 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Bahrain | 59,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.01 % | 0.01 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Canada | 7,300 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.10 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Denmark | 20,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.40 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Finland | 6,300 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 2.00 % | 0.50 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | France | 84,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 2 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Georgia | 1,700 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Germany | 546,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.20 % | 0.05 % | 11 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Greece | 21,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.01 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Italy | 12,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 2.00 % | 0.20 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Jordan | 7,400 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.10 % | 0.05 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Iran | 495,000 | 15,724,000 | ● | Islam | 1 ● | 0.40 % | 0.10 % | 10 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Iraq | 3,398,000 | 15,724,000 | ● | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.10 % | 0.09 % | 68 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Kyrgyzstan | 16,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Kazakhstan | 53,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.30 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Lebanon | 293,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 4.00 % | 0.01 % | 6 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Netherlands | 75,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 1.00 % | 0.40 % | 2 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Norway | 5,300 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 1.00 % | 0.20 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Spain | 900 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Russia | 24,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 3.00 % | 1.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Sweden | 11,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 1.00 % | 1.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Syria | 1,418,000 | 15,724,000 | ● | Islam | 1 ● | 0.13 % | 0.06 % | 28 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Switzerland | 8,600 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Turkey | 8,960,000 | 15,724,000 | ● | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.01 % | 0.00 % | 179 |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Turkmenistan | 50,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.50 % | 0.20 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | United Kingdom | 27,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.30 % | 0.05 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Ukraine | 1,900 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | United States | 52,000 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Kurd, Kurmanji | Uzbekistan | 3,100 | 15,724,000 | Islam | 1 ● | 0.20 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Shikaki | Iran | 29,000 | 55,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Shikaki | Turkey | 26,000 | 55,000 | ● | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Turk | Tajikistan | 1,700 | 63,323,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Armenia | 35,000 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Georgia | 12,000 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Germany | 51,000 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Sweden | 4,200 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Ukraine | 2,000 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Iraq | 561,000 | 723,000 | ● | Ethnic Religions | 1 ● | 0.14 % | 0.14 % | 11 |
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Yazidi | Russia | 41,000 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Yazidi | Turkey | 2,800 | 723,000 | ● | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 |
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Yazidi | United States | 4,100 | 723,000 | Ethnic Religions | 1 ● | 2.40 % | 1.50 % | 1 | |
| Totals: 48 | 48 ● | 356 |
Language: Kurdish, Northern
Population of Groups Speaking
16,602,000
People Groups Speaking as Primary Language
48
Scripture Status
Audio Bible
Jesus Film
Gospel Recordings
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Global Population |
Indigenous | Primary Religion | Progress Scale |
% Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Persian | Tajikistan | 600 | 41,809,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
|
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Turk | Kyrgyzstan | 47,000 | 63,323,000 | Islam | 0 ☀ | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
| Totals: 2 | 2 ● | 2 |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | kmr |
| Written | Yes |
| Bible Translation | Complete Bible |
| Progress Scale | ● |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Ashiti |
| Badinani |
| Badînî |
| Bahdini |
| Barwari Jor |
| Bayezidi |
| Behdini |
| Behdînî |
| Botani |
| Boti (Botani) |
| Eastern Kurmanji |
| Êzdîkî |
| Gulli |
| Hekari |
| Kermancî |
| Khorasani |
| Khorasani Kurmanji |
| Khorassani Kurmanji |
| Kirmancî |
| Kirmanciya Jori |
| Kordi |
| Kordi Kormanji |
| Kurdi |
| Kurdî |
| Kurdi, Behdini |
| Kurdî-Kurmancî |
| Kurdish Kurmanji |
| Kurdish, Afrini |
| Kurdiya jorîn |
| Kurdmancî |
| Kurmancî |
| Kurmanji |
| Kurmanjî |
| Kurmanji - Cis |
| Kurmanji Kurdish |
| Kurmanji Standard |
| Marashi |
| Mihemedî |
| Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) |
| Red Kurmanji |
| Shemdinani |
| Shikakî |
| Silivî |
| Zakho |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Afrin |
| Akre |
| Alburz |
| Amadiye |
| Bâyazidi |
| Behdini |
| Birjandi |
| Boti |
| Guwii |
| Hakari |
| Hakkâri |
| Jezire |
| Judikâni |
| Khorrassani |
| Kurmanji |
| Northern Kurdish |
| Qochâni |
| Sanjâri |
| Sheikhan |
| Standard |
| Surchi |
| Urfi |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Aleppo Kurdish |
| Bahdinani |
| Behdini Kurdish |
| Dari: Khorasan |
| Farsi, Eastern: Dari: Khorasan |
| Kermanci |
| Kermanci, Behdini |
| Kermanci, Standard |
| Kermanji |
| Kirdasi |
| Kirmancha |
| Kirmanji |
| Kurdi, Kurmanji |
| Kurdi: Khorrassani |
| Kurdi: Kurmanji |
| Kurdish, Northern |
| Kurdish, Northern: Afrin |
| Kurdish: Syria |
| Kurmanci |
| Kurmangi |
| Kurmanji Kurdish |
| Kurmanji, Behdini |
| Kurmanji: Afrin |
| Kurmanji: Fus-ha |
| Kurmanji: Standard |
| Kurmanji: Syria |
| Northern Kurdish |
| Southern Kurdish |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | 1856-2016 |
| New Testament | 1872-2005 |
| Complete Bible | 2008 |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | |
| Forum Bible Agencies | |
| National Bible Societies | |
| World Bible Finder | |
| World Bibles | |
| Online / Mobile App Bibles |
|---|
| Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing) |
| Bible.com (YouVersion) |
| Resource Repositories |
|---|
| Language Archives |
| Linguist List |
| Scripture Earth |
| SIL Resources |
| Resource ▲ | Link |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video |
| Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Kurdish, Northern |
| Film / Video | Life's Gold |
| Film / Video | Life's Gold |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| Film / Video | The Prophets' Story |
| General | Got Questions Ministry |
| General | Kurdish Ministry Resources |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Comic Book Version (SuperBible) |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Kurdish New Testament & Psalms |
| Text / Printed Matter | International Bible Society |
| Text / Printed Matter | Jesus Messiah comic book |
| Text / Printed Matter | Online Bible text (Scripture Earth) |
