Dear Geoff, dear Ergin and Masud, thanks a lot for this really interesting account. I have a few questions or suggestions : - Regarding the tripartite consonant system i Kurdish and the assumed Armenian influence on it : one interesting point confirming the convergence is that in (Eastern) Armenian too the tripartite system associates non-aspirated voiceless with ejectivity. One possibly problematic point (depending on some diachronic informations) is that this tripartite distinction is not displayed in Western Armenian. Thus, the fact that this feature is also displayed in Zazaki (in contact exclusively with Western Armenian) as a confirmation of this contact-induced reading could be weakened? - Just a remark : Regarding determination suffixes : interestingly, although they are systematic in Armenian, they are displayed in Kurdish only in variants that are not at all in contact with Armenian... - Concerning Word Order , slide 19, Geoff, you argue that the "same place avoidance" for arguments having the same case marking fails to account for Intransitive goals being postposed. In the general WO configuration of Kurdish, is it not rather the pre-verbal position of direct Objects that should be explained ? Thanks again and waiting forward for the discussion !