Abduyi dialect
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The Abduyi dialect (Template:Langx, UniPers: Abduyi) is a Northwestern Iranian language[1] spoken in the village of Abdui, which can be reached from Kazerun city in Southern Iran via the old Shiraz-Kazerun road after 36 kilometers. The number of households in the village was approximately 120 in 2004.[2] Most researchers identify the dialect as Kurdish.[3]
Phonology
The transcription used here is an approximation.
Vowels
short: â, a, e, i, o, u
long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
Consonants
- voiced dental fricative: ð, a sound near to English voiced "th", generally after vowels, like in 'taðuk' (cockroach).
- palatal stops: front 'g' and 'k', like in 'kačče' (chin) and girib (cry).
- voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'jeγarek' (hailstone).
- alveolar trill: like in 'borre' (flail).
Grammar
Verbs
Infinitive markers: -san, -tan, -dan.
Nouns
Stresses on different vowels make nouns definite or indefinite. Example:
že (woman), tuhu (house).
Definite: žení (the woman), tevedí (the house).
Indefinite: žéni (a woman), tevédi (a house).
The plural is marked by the suffixes: -gal, -al, -u and -yu. Examples:
sib (apple) → sib-yu (apples)
morb (hen) → morb-u (hens)
âdam (person) → âdam-gal (persons)
Vocabulary
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Example sentences
| English | Abduyi | Persian | Unipers |
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| What is this? | hena če-na? | این چیست؟ | In cist? |
| Where is Ali? | ali keve-ye? | علی کجاست؟ | Ali kojâst? |
| This horse is white. | he aspa safid-e. | .این اسب سفید است | In asb sefid ast. |
| They say he works ten hours a day. | temš-an ke reš-i dā sâa't kâr tekâ-t. | .میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند | Miguyand ruzi dah sâat kâr mikonad. |
| I have two small brothers and sisters. | dotto kâkâ ō dotto dâdâ-m hasta. | .دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم | Do barâdar va xâhare kucak dâram. |
| If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people. | ege faqat e kaše e deh-e evo večede pe hič vaxt mehmun-dâri-ye mardoman Template:Not a typo eš yâdo-t vi neyčut. | .اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهماننوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد | Agar tanhâ yekbâr be dehe ânhâ rafte bâši, mehmânnavâziye mardome ânjâ râ hargez az yâd naxâhid bord. |
| Who called me? | ke heyâ may ke? | چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ | Cekasi marâ sedâ zad? |
See also
References
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- ↑ Salami, A., 1384 AP / 2005 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). Second Volume, P. 13, Academy of Persian Language and Literature. [1] Template:Webarchive Template:ISBN Template:In lang
- ↑ Salami, A., 1383 AP / 2004 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). First Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. [2] Template:Webarchive Template:ISBN Template:In lang
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Further reading
- Mahamedi, H., 1979. On the verbal system in three Iranian dialects of Fârs, in Studia Iranica, VIII, 2, 277–297.