Kurds

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Kurds are a people of a mountainous region of southwest Asia. Their homeland extends mainly over parts of Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The number of Kurds in the area has been estimated at about 25 million. Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims. They speak Kurdish, an Indo-European language related to Persian.

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