About the Culture and Language of the Lak People (1): Laki and Kurdish

The purpose of this essay is to re-examine the set of traditional opinions that were presented by David Neil MacKenzie, regarding the phonetic changes that are considered the basic distinguishing features of various Kurdish dialects, taking into account the assumption that the continuity and connection [dialectal chains] of Laki dialect in Iranian dialectology is still uncovered.  It is customary to consider Laki as a dialect of the Kurdish [dialect family], sometimes as a transitional dialect between Kurdish and Lori, and in some cases it is exclusively considered a separate language.