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Hewramis press for rights in Kurdistan
constitution
29.10.2006
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Sulaimaniyah,
Kurdistan Region (Iraq), October 29, -- The Kurdish
Hewramis Society in Iraqi region of Kurdistan has
been collecting thousands of signatures to demand
preserving the cultural rights of Hewramis.
"We are trying to enlist the support of public
opinion to get our cultural rights preserved in the
region's constitution," Abdul Rahman Balkhi said.
Hewrami is one of the oldest and main Kurdish
dialects along with Badini and Sorani dialects.
Prayers are still recited by Hewrami throughout this
region of Kurdistan.
"The hewramis demand that their dialect is used the
curriculum of primary and secondary schools in
Hewraman area," Balkhi said.
Estimate is about 200,000 Kurds in the autonomous
region of Kurdistan and specially in Hewraman area
100 km east of Sulaimaniyah city speak Hewrami.
About Hewrami
Hewrami or Hawrami is an archaic branch of the
Kurdish language. Sometimes it is called Gorani
Kurdish as well. It is mostly spoken in Hewraman
(also Hawraman or Huraman) in western Iran (Eastern
Kurdistan) and northeastern Iraq (Southern
Kurdistan).
The key cities of this region are Pawe in Eastern
Kurdistan and Halabja in Southern Kurdistan
(Kurdistan Region of Iraq).
The Hewrami dialect of Kurdish is sometimes called
Auramani or Hurami. Hewrami is very similar to
Avestan, the language of the ancient religion of
Zoroastrainism.
Prayers are still recited by Hewrami Kurds
throughout this region of Kurdistan using a style
called Siya Çemane (pron: Seeya Chaman) in Hewrami,
where the one reciting the prayer uses high notes to
sing holy verses of Zoroastrian faith.
Today, some Hewrami-speaking Kurds use the Siya
Çemane style of singing to perform traditional
songs.
Several Kurdish scholars regard Hewrami as one of
the oldest dialects of the Kurdish language. Some
linguists also claim that Hewrami has similarities
to the language of the ancient Hurrian tribes that
once dominated regions in Kurdistan, and that the
name Hewrami or Hurami is derived from Hurrian.
Generally, the majority of Hewrami Kurds can speak
Sorani as well in order to communicate with other
Kurds in neighboring cities.
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