Learning Kurdish

[rskalsky]

Hello all,
I just married a Kurdish girl and while she and her siblings speak perfect english her parents and her grandparents do not, and constantly needing a translator is getting old pretty fast . I have looked seemingly everywhere for some type of dictionary or language software to help me learn Kurdish ( specifically the " bandini" dilect, I hope I am spelling that right) and I have had absolutely zero luck. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

Ryan

[Londoner]

How many ?


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls= ... ry&spell=1


http://www.amazon.com/Kurdish-English-D ... 0300091524

[gerduno]

This is a ENGLISH - KURDISH (Kurmanji) dictionary by Baran Rizgar (Kurmanji and Bahdini dialects are the one and same dialect: Kurmanji)
http://www.amazon.com/Kurdish-English-English-Kurdish-Dictionary-Kurmanci-Dialect/dp/1873722052/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259676866&sr=1-2

This a Kurdish Learning text book - taught in English - by Baran Rizgar
http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Kurdish-Multi-level-Course-Kurmanji/dp/1873722044/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259676866&sr=1-4

Also here is an online Kurdish dictionary, WikiFerheng, which can be used by English speakers as well.
http://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/Destp%C3%AAk

You might also find this useful:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Kurmanji/kurmanji_3_vocabulary.pdf

[Barış]

This is a ENGLISH - KURDISH (Kurmanji) dictionary by Baran Rizgar (Kurmanji and Bahdini dialects are the one and same dialect: Kurmanji)
http://www.amazon.com/Kurdish-English-English-Kurdish-Dictionary-Kurmanci-Dialect/dp/1873722052/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259676866&sr=1-2

This a Kurdish Learning text book - taught in English - by Baran Rizgar
http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Kurdish-Multi-level-Course-Kurmanji/dp/1873722044/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259676866&sr=1-4

Also here is an online Kurdish dictionary, WikiFerheng, which can be used by English speakers as well.
http://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/Destp%C3%AAk

You might also find this useful:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Kurmanji/kurmanji_3_vocabulary.pdf

Welcome to RBK!

Thanks for posting the links.