Sorani (also called Kurdi) is a Kurdish language spoken mainly in Iraq & Iran with an estimated 15 million speakers world-wide. The Kurds are spread across the countries of Iraq Iran Turkey Syria as well as Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan & Lebanon. There is also a large diaspora of Kurds which is es-pecially prominent in Europe. In all there are up to 40 million speakers of the Kurdish languages world-wide. Generally written in Perso-Arabic script Sorani is now also found in Romanised form. This easy-to-use phrasebook uses the official Sorani Latin alphabet to aid instant communica-tion. In addition to a pronunciation guide included are: A resourceful two-way dictionary containing over 4 000 entries; An informative grammar section; Useful appendices of Sorani numbers opposites & key verbs; Useful lists covering such things as emergency health care political relief aid & combat terms; A collection of travel-oriented phrases.