"Kurdish Complex" - fhe

The Origin of the Kurds

Kurdish Speakers

The „Kurdish Complex“

(1) Kurdish: (a) North Kurdish, (b) Central Kurdish, (c) Southeast Kurdish, including the „Perside“ Lori, Bakhtiari, Boir-Ahmadi, Kuhgiluye etc. in southern Zagros;
(2) Zaza;
(3) Gorani: (a) Hawram(an)i and (b) additional Gorani dialects in areas north of Kermanshah, (c) Bajelani east of Mosul.

Definition of „Kurdish Complex“ used in this interdisciplinary study according to:

Prof. Dr. Gernot L. Windfuhr
Professor emeritus of Iranian Studies
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of Ann Arbor
Michigan, USA