[Review of:] Mohammad Dabir-Moghaddam. Typology of Iranian languages: 2nd edn. Tehran: SAMT, 2023. xl+1152 pp. ISBN: 9786000231392

Roohollah Mofidi

doi:10.30842/30346800.2026.2.1.9

Authors

Roohollah Mofidi Ruhr-Universität Bochum Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-0580

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30842/30346800.2026.2.1.9

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