Middle Kurdish

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Middle Kurdish is a historical stage of the Kurdish language that served as a linguistic bridge between Old Kurdish varieties and the modern Kurdish dialects spoken today.

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Middle Kurdish canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language stage
stage of the Kurdish language
chronologicalPosition between Old Kurdish and modern Kurdish
follows Old Kurdish NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Middle stage of Kurdish
hasDomain Kurdish historical linguistics
hasLinguisticFeature development of modern Kurdish morphology
early stabilization of Kurdish verb system
emergence of features shared by modern Kurdish dialects
increased use of Arabic and Persian loanwords
intermediate stage of Kurdish nominal inflection
transition from Old Kurdish phonology to modern Kurdish phonology
hasLinguisticRole link between Old Kurdish varieties and modern Kurdish dialects
hasRole bridge between Old Kurdish and modern Kurdish dialects
hasStatus attested in historical texts
extinct as a spoken vernacular
hasType Middle Iranian language stage
historicalPeriod medieval era
influenced Central Kurdish NERFINISHED
Gorani NERFINISHED
Northern Kurdish NERFINISHED
Southern Kurdish NERFINISHED
influencedBy Arabic
Persian NERFINISHED
neighboring Iranian languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
partOf Kurdish language continuum
precedes Central Kurdish NERFINISHED
Modern Kurdish NERFINISHED
Northern Kurdish NERFINISHED
Southern Kurdish NERFINISHED
studiedIn Iranian linguistics
Kurdish studies
historical linguistics
subclassOf Iranian language
Kurdish language NERFINISHED
Northwestern Iranian language
Western Iranian language
usedIn Kurdistan region NERFINISHED
Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
Zagros Mountains region NERFINISHED
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script

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Serhedi hasAncestor Middle Kurdish