Kurmanji
Proper noun
Meaning
Kurmanji
The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.
Synonym: Northern Kurdish
Examples
The Kurds of Khorasan, numbering around 700,000, still use the Kurmanji Kurdish dialect.
From a linguistic or at least a grammatical point of view, however, Kurmanji and Sorani differ as much from each other as English and German, and it would seem appropriate to refer to them as languages.
Reasons for describing Kurmanji and Sorani as 'dialects' of one language are their common origin and the fact that this usage reflects the sense of ethnic identity and unity among the Kurds.