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A Kurdish noun in the absolute state, i.e. without any ending of any kind, gives a generic sense of the noun. It is also the “lexical” form of the noun, i.e. the form in which a noun is given in a vocabulary list or dictionary. The absolute state is normally used for the generic sense, as in "قاوه ڕەشه" qawe reş e (coffee is black ...
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Among all modern Iranian languages, only Yaghnobi and Kurdish are ergative, with respect to both case-marking and verb-agreement. [1] There are general descriptions of ergativity in Kurdish, [2] [3] as well as in specific forms of Kurdish, such as Sorani [4] and Kurmanji. [5] Kurmanji and Sorani Kurdish have a split-ergative system. Transitive ...
Michael L. Chyet (born 1957) is an American linguist.. He is a cataloguer of Middle Eastern languages at the Library of Congress.Formerly he was senior editor of the Kurdish Service of the Voice of America and professor of Kurdish at the University of Paris and at the Washington Kurdish Institute.
Laki is spoken in Iran and in Turkey. In Iran, the isogloss of Laki spans from Khorramabad to east of Kermanshah, from Holeylan to Harsin. [9] It's the main language in Selseleh, Delfan, Kuhdasht and Khawa counties in Lorestan Province, [10] including Oshtorinan District of Borujerd County, [11] and also around Malayer and Nahavand in Hamadan Province. [12]
Kurdish phonology is the sound system of the Kurdish dialect continuum.This article includes the phonology of the three Kurdish languages in their respective standard descriptions.
Gorani (Kurdish: گۆرانی, romanized: Goranî, lit. 'song') [5] also known by its main dialect; Hawrami (ھەورامی, romanized: Hewramî) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by ethnic Kurds in northeastern Iraq and western Iran [6] and which with Zaza constitute the Zaza–Gorani languages.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Kurdish on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Kurdish in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.