Talk:Kurds

Would you please add some information about the language the Kurds speak, which branch of Islam they adhere to, perhaps just a bit about the relatively unique parts of their culture that keep them from interbreeding with the Arabs? Thanks, Don

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I added the "about 25 million" figure -- I've seen it twice: quoted by Noam Chomsky and in an Encyclopedia of modern seperatist movements. If someone could find a source, that would be good. -- Sam

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Is it certain that the Kurds are the largest ethnic group without a state? There are some large ethnic groups in India, China and Russia.

It's hard to make a positive determination, because the definition of 'ethnic group' is so unclear. I have tried to look around using Wikipedia's own "demographics" pages (coming from the CIA). India's demographics are by race, and thus not really usable. The largest Chinese minority group (Zhuang, 16 million) and the largest Russian minority group (Tatars, 500,000) are clearly smaller than the Kurds. However, Demographics of Indonesia tells that there are around 28 million Sundanese[?] which form a minority compared to the 90 million Javanese[?].

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Moved from the village pump:

Can xxxxxxxxxxxxxxsomeone who knows how make the map on Kurds smaller? thanks Kingturtle 06:02 15 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I've cropped the original image and done a bit of image clean-up (Kurdish lands 92 cropped.jpg), and also uploaded a shrunk version of this (Kurdish lands 92 cropped small.jpg). Further, I've updated Kurds. Is this OK?

James F. 07:41 15 Jun 2003 (UTC)

OK?! you rock! thanks! Kingturtle 18:35 17 Jun 2003 (UTC)