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    This article provides a brief overview of Kurdish linguistics, discussing key topics such as the different dialects of Kurdish including Kurmanji and Sorani. It notes there are debates around whether certain suffixes in Kurmanji and Sorani are cognates. The author later added a clarifying note expressing doubt about a proposed cognate between an indefiniteness suffix in Kurmanji and a definiteness suffix in Sorani.

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    Kurdish linguistics: a brief overview

    Article in Language Typology and Universals · January 2002


    DOI: 10.1524/stuf.2002.55.1.3

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    Additional note: It is in fact by no means certain that the indefiniteness suffix of Kurmanji is cognate with the definiteness
    suffix of Sorani; I now consider it highly unlikely [GH, added Jan. 2013]
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