December 9, 2018
THE KURDS History and Culture
THE KURDS: History and Culture We are uploading Professor Jamal Nabaz's book of THE KURDS: History and Culture Click book cover to read or download whole book ...
December 9, 2018
The Kurdish Language From Oral Tradition to Written Language
"It is so sad to hear our nation’s renowned intellectual, scholar and writer Professor Dr Jamal Nabaz passed away (8 December 2018). On this sad occasion, we extend our condolences to our nation and the relatives and colleagues of Professor Nabaz." DirokaKurdistan.com The Kurdish Language From Oral Tradition to Written Language Professor...
December 4, 2018
Exploring Kurdish Origins
Exploring Kurdish Origins Prof. Mehrdad R. Izady The question of Kurdish origins, i.e., who the Kurds are and where they come from, has for too long remained an enigma. Doubtless in a few words one can respond, for example, that Kurds are the end-product of numerous layers...
December 1, 2018
1741 linguistic map of Europe, Asia, and Africa
1741 linguistic map of Europe, Asia, and Africa by Jakub Marian Gottfried Hensel (1687–1765) was a German linguist. His book Synopsis Universae Philologiae, published in 1741, was an early work on comparative linguistics, which strove to present all the world’s languages known at the time together with their writing systems. The...
December 1, 2018
Evolution of the pronoun “I” in Indo-European languages
Evolution of the pronoun “I” in Indo-European languages by Jakub Marian Most European languages developed from a single language called Proto-Indo-European, spoken approximately between 4500 BC and 2500 BC somewhere in the Ukrainian and Russian steppe, according to the most widely accepted hypothesis. The basic words in most modern European...
November 29, 2018
Ancient Kurdish Clan (Tribe) Mamykan / Mamikonean
Ancient Kurdish Clan (Tribe) Mamykan / Mamikonean Latif Mammad Armenian sources (Favstos Buzand. IV - 27,31,36,39; “The History of Armenia” by M. Khorensky; N. Adonts [1]) report on the princely clan Mamikoneans, whose ancestral area was considered Tayk. Sources emphasize that the Mamikonean's principalities along with the...
November 29, 2018
Indo-European homeland and migrations
Indo-European homeland and migrations: half a century of studies and discussions Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze & Vyacheslav V. Ivanov The problem of the initial place from which the original Indo- European dialects spread over Eurasia has been studied by several generations of scholars. Few alternative points of view...
November 19, 2018
Andrew Collins and Hugh Newman investigate Nevalı Çori
Andrew Collins and Hugh Newman investigate Nevalı Çori Andrew Collins and Hugh Newman investigate Nevalı Çori that was built around 8400 BC and was contemporary with the later phases of Göbekli Tepe. The site was excavated between 1983-1991 when the area was to be flooded by...
November 18, 2018
Travel essays by Archimandrite Garegin Srvandztyants
Toros Ahpar, Armenia Travel Guide. Travel essays by Archimandrite Garegin Srvandztyants. Annex to the 1st issue of Volume IX of the News of the Caucasian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. Tiflis, 1887 At the end of May 1879: Harput Valley is divided into two parts: ...
November 16, 2018
CULTURAL ASPECT OF ARMENIAN-KURDISH RELATIONS: PLAGIARISM – AT THE LEVEL OF STATE POLICY OF ARMENIA
CULTURAL ASPECT OF ARMENIAN-KURDISH RELATIONS: PLAGIARISM – AT THE LEVEL OF STATE POLICY OF ARMENIA Appeal to the Armenian people LATIF MAMMAD & ANKOSI ISHKHAN ASLANOVICH Modern Armenian-Kurdish relations are still largely under the shadow of the past … In recent years, especially from the Armenians, a special interest has...