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Regional variation in Kurmanji: A preliminary classification of dialects
[Cihêrengiya zimanî ya navxweyî di kurmanciyê de: tesnîfeke seretayî ya zaravayan]

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  • Ergin Öpengin

    (Department of General Linguistics, University of Bamberg, GermanyTitle: Dengbêjs on borderlands: Borders and the state as seen through the eyes of Kurdish singer-poets)

  • Geoffrey Haig

    (Department of General Linguistics, University of Bamberg, Germany)

Abstract

Historical linguistic sources of Kurdish date back just a few hundred years, thus it is not possiInvestigation of the regional variation in Kurmanji, especially its varieties spoken in Turkey, has been almost entirely neglected in the existing literature on Kurdish. In addition to earlier isolated examinations of Kurmanji dialects (cf. MacKenzie, 1961; Ritter, 1971, 1976; Blau, 1975; Jastrow, 1977), native-speaker researchers have recently provided a substantial amount of dialect material across the Kurmanji-speech zone. However, a methodologically-informed evaluation of these observations into a dialect classification is yet to be undertaken. This article aims at providing an initial classification of Kurmanji-internal variation into major regional dialects, based on lexical, phonological and morphosyntactic data collected from five localities in Southeastern Turkey.

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  • Ergin Öpengin & Geoffrey Haig, 2014. "Regional variation in Kurmanji: A preliminary classification of dialects [Cihêrengiya zimanî ya navxweyî di kurmanciyê de: tesnîfeke seretayî ya zaravayan]," Kurdish Studies, Society of history and cultural studies, Hong Kong, vol. 2(2), pages 143-176, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:ksjrnl:v:2:y:2014:i:2:p:143-176
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