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#REDIRECT [[Kurds]]
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The '''Kurmanjis''' ([[Kurmanji]]: ''Kurmanc'', کورمانجی) or simply '''Kurmanj''' (Kurmanji: ''Kurmanc'', کورمانج) are ethnic [[Kurds]] who speak the Kurmanji dialect.<ref name="Kurmanji" >{{cite book |author1=Maarten van Bruinessen |title=Agha, shaikh and state: on the social and political organization of Kurdistan |date=1978 |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |isbn=978-1856490191 |quote=In northern Kurdistan the same name "Kurmanc" is frequently employed, in two different ways: a. it is an ethnic label, applied to all Kurds that speak the northern ("Kurmanci") dialect. |page=30}}</ref> They primarily live [[Turkish Kurdistan|southeastern Turkey]], [[Iranian Kurdistan|northwestern Iran]], [[Kurds of Khorasan|Khorasan]], the northwestern part of [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] and in [[Kurds in Syria|northern Syria]].

== See also ==
*[[Kurds of Anatolia]]
*[[Kurds of Khorasan]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Kurdish people]]

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