Chromatin condenses to form chromosomes during  prophase of mitosis, and during prophase I and prophase II of meiosis. Chromatin is a dense, complex fibrous structure composed of associated proteins and molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, which contains the genetic material of an organism.
Kurdish languages. Kurdish (KurdÃ®, Ú©ÙØ±Ø¯Û) is a continuum of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken by the Kurds in Western Asia. Kurdish forms three dialect groups known as Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), Central Kurdish (Sorani), and Southern Kurdish (Palewani).
1 Relating to the family of languages spoken over the greater part of Europe and Asia as far as northern India. Example sentences. 1  The Kurdish minority of northern Iraq speaks an Indo-European language very different from the Semitic language of Arabic. A speaker of an Indo-European language, especially Proto-Indo-European. Example sentences. 1  Some of the women are ethnically Iranian, which means that they are Indo-Europeans, and speak Persian.