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A compound of the names of seven of its eight principal dialects. (The omitted dialect is Kur, also called Keri-Ni, Keli-Ni or Kelinchi, and not to be confused with Koor.)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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A compound of the names of seven of its eight principal dialects. (The omitted dialect is Kur, also called Keri-Ni, Keli-Ni or Kelinchi, and not to be confused with Koor.)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.