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Kurds speak the [[Kurdish languages]] and the [[Zaza–Gorani languages]], which belong to the [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]] branch of the [[Iranian languages]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kurds.html |title= Kurds |year= 2014 |encyclopedia= The Columbia Encyclopedia |edition=6th |publisher= Encyclopedia.com |access-date= 29 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Windfuhr |title=Iranian Languages |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1135797041 |page=587}}</ref>
Kurds do not comprise a majority in any country, making them a stateless people.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfr.org/timeline/kurds-long-struggle-statelessness | title=Timeline: The Kurds' Quest for Independence }}</ref> After [[World War I]] and the defeat of the [[Ottoman Empire]], the victorious [[Allies of World War I|Western allies]] made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 [[Treaty of Sevres|Treaty of Sèvres]]. However, that promise was broken three years later, when the [[Treaty of Lausanne]] set the boundaries of modern Turkey and made no such provision, leaving Kurds with minority status in all of the new countries of [[Turkey]], [[Iraq]], and [[Syria]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29702440 Who are the Kurds?] by ''[[BBC News]]'', 31 October 2017</ref> Recent [[history of the Kurds]] includes numerous [[Anfal genocide|genocides]] and [[Dersim rebellion|rebellions]], along with ongoing armed conflicts in [[Turkish Kurdistan|Turkish]], [[Iranian Kurdistan|Iranian]], [[Syrian Kurdistan|Syrian]], and [[Iraqi Kurdistan]]. Kurds in Iraq and Syria have autonomous regions, while Kurdish movements continue to pursue greater [[cultural rights]], [[Self-governance|autonomy]], and [[independence]] throughout [[Kurdistan]]{{Definition|Explain what Kurdistan is, and if it constitutes more than Iraqi Kurdistan.|date=January 2024}}.
==Etymology==
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