The Journal of Mesopotamian Studies

Yazarlar: Sami TAN

Konular:Dil Bilim

Anahtar Kelimeler:Language,Kurdish,Grammar,Kurmanji,Historical,Hakari dialect

Özet: The Kurdish language is the fourth largest language after Arabic, Persian and Turkish in The Middle East. In Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria millions of people speak this language. Kurdish was firstly used in education system in Kurdish Medresas and Ali Taramakhi has written “Serfa Kurmanci” on Kurdish language in the 17th century. In the 18th century it attracted the interest of European travelers and missionaries. The first study on Kurdish language and grammar in Europe was the work of Grammatica e Vocabulario Della Lingua Kurda of the Italian missionary Garzoni in 1787. After this first study, in 1869, the research subject of this essay, namely The Brief Grammar and Vocabulary of The Kurdish Language of The Hakari District of American missionary Samuel A. Rhea was prepared, and published as an article in the Journal of the American Oriental Society. Rhea's work gives a brief summary of Hakkari's grammar. We can say that, it's a field study. Because of this feature and its historical importance, we choosed this work as the subject of our study. In this article, we will evaluate this work in terms of grammatical categories and parts of speech.

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