Central Kurdish
کوردیی ناوەندی
ckb
8M speakers
Central Kurdish
(کوردیی ناوەندی)
is a Indo-European language
with approximately 8M speakers speakers.
It is written using the
Arabic
script.
Its BCP 47 language code is ckb.
Writing Systems Used for Central Kurdish
Frequently Asked Questions
What alphabet or script does Central Kurdish use?
Central Kurdish is written using the Arabic script (ISO 15924 code: Arab). Arabic is a right-to-left script.
What direction is Central Kurdish written?
Central Kurdish is written Right-to-left. Text begins on the right side of the page and reads toward the left.
How many people speak Central Kurdish?
Central Kurdish has approximately 8M speakers speakers worldwide. It is a member of the Indo-European language family.
What language family does Central Kurdish belong to?
Central Kurdish belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is written with the Arabic script.
What is the language code for Central Kurdish?
The BCP 47 language code for Central Kurdish is "ckb". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.
Language Facts
- BCP 47 Code
- ckb
- ISO 639-3
- ckb
- Status
- living
- Speakers
- 8M speakers
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Scripts
- 1
- Primary Script
- Arabic
Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.