Kurdish phonology is the sound system of the Kurdish dialect continuum.This article includes the phonology of the three Kurdish varieties in their respective standard descriptions. Phonological features include the distinction between aspirated and unaspirated voiceless stops, and the large phoneme inventories.

Kurdish literature (in Kurmanji: Wêjeya Kurdî, in Sorani: وێژەی کوردی or ئەدەبی کوردی) is literature written in the Kurdish languages.Literary Kurdish works have been written in each of the four main languages: Zaza, Gorani, Kurmanji and Sorani. Ali Hariri (1009-1079) is one of the first well-known poets who wrote in Kurdish. He was from the Hakkari region.