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Subject: Kurdish Language
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:58:06 GMT


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INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY LANGUAGES

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3500BC          3000BC          2500BC          2000BC          1500BC 1000BC

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                                                      _WEST IRANIC->TO KURDISH
                                         _____IRANIC /
                                        /            \____East Iranic
                                       /
                            ----------/-------Kafaric,Dardic, Indic
                           /
                          /
               |>EASTERN--/---------Armenia,Balto-Slovonic(baltic, Slavic)
               |
               |
               |
               |
Proto          |>Southern-----------Anatolian
indo- ---------|
european       |
               |>Western-- "Tocharian", Germanic, Hellenic, Illyrian,
                 Phyrigio-Thraco-Bithynian
                 Italic , Venetic, Mesopic, Celtic --(1500BC)

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IRANIC BRANCH OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES

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1500BC          1000BC          500BC   AD1     AD500   AD1000  AD1500 AD2000
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                                   ------------------------------------->BALUCHI
                                   |
                                   |                           NORTH
                                   |                          -KURMANJI>Sancari
                                   |                        (BAHDINANI)Judikani
                                   |                        /          Urfi
                                   ---KURMANJI--------------           Bohtani
                                   |                        |          Bayazidi
                                   |                        |          Hakkari
                                   |                        |          Surchi
                                   |                        |          Qochani
                                   |                        |       (Khurasan)
                                   |                        |          Birjandi
                                   |                        |        (Kurhasan)
                                   |                        |   Alburz Dialects
                                   |                        |
                                   |                 SOUTH  |
                                   |	             - KURMANCI
        -->Northwest               |                 (SORANI)-->
       |   Iranic-----"Proto-Kurdish"                         Arbili  
       |             |        | 			      Khushnaw
       |         --- |        |				      Pizhdar
West---|         |            |                               Mukri
Iranic |         |            |                               Garrusi(Bijari)
|      |         |            |                             Ardalani(Sanandaji)
|      |       <-|            |                               Sulaymani
|      |       |              |                               Warmawa
|      |       |              |                               Garmiyani
| Southwest>   |              |
| Iranic   |   |              |                               Kolya'i
|          |   |              |                               Zangana
East -> |  |   |              |                               Kirmanshahi
Iranic  |  |   |              |
        |  |   |              |                  GURANI-----Laki-->Biranavadi
        |  |   |              |                  /       \        Fayli(Pahla)
        |  |   |              |                 /         \----->Northern Tati
        |  |   |               ----PAHLAWANI------------>       |(Caucausus)
        |  |   |                                        |       |
        |  |   |                                        |       ->Bampouri
        |  |   |                                        |       | (Baluchistan)
        |  |   |                                        |       | Zangana
        |  |   |                                        |       | Sanjabi
        |  |   |                                        |       | Kirmanshahi
        |  |   |                                        |       | Kalhuri
        |  |   |                                        |       | Kandula'i
        |  |   |                                        |       | Bajorwani
        |  |   |                                        | ------| Bajalani
        |  |   |                                        | |--Awramani->Halabja
        |  |   |                                        |              Shaykhani
        |  |   |                                        |              Takhti
        |  |   |                                        |              Lahouni
        |  |   |                                        |
        |  |   |                                        |DIMILI(ZAZA)->Dumbeli
        |  |   |                                                     | Shabak
        |  |   |                                                     | Bujaq
        |  |   |                                                     | Kur
        |  |   |                                                     | Muti(Mudki)
        |  |   |                                                     | Hazo
        |  |   |                                                     | Sivereki
        |  |   |                                                     | Darsimi
        |  |   |                                                     |->Kuchgiri
        |  |   |
        |  |   |
        |  |   |
        |  |   |-------------------------------Tabari----------------->GALISHI
        |  |                                    \                      GILAKI
        |  |                                     \                 MAZANDARANI
        |  |                                      -Fahlawi---->CENTRAL TATI
        |  |                                                 \ SOUTHERN TATI
        |  |                                                  \ RAJI GROUP
        |  |                                                   \--Azari>TALISHI
        |  |
        |  |------------------------Soutwest Iranic-------------->PERSIAN & LURI
        |
        |                       /----Northeast Iranic--------->OSSATIAN & PAMIRI
        ------------------------
                                \----Southeast Iranic--------->ASHTO (AFGANI)



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Only the Kurdish Group  is shown in detail.


Source: THE KURDS A Concise Handbook by  Mehrdad R. Izady - 1992
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