The Kurdish Language from Oral Tradition to Written Language
A lecture given by Jemal Nebez on 28 November 1993 in Paris at The Conference of “The Kurdish language toward the year 2000"
First English Edition London 2005
The conference had been organized by Sorbonne University and the Kurdish Institute in Paris
http://www.rojavatv.org.uk/Kurdish_Language.pdf
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