Koroshi dialect
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Koroshi | |
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کوروشی | |
Native to | Iran |
Native speakers
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unknown (undated figure of 160–200 = 40–50 families)[1] |
Official status | |
Regulated by | Academy of Persian Language and Literature |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ktl |
Glottolog | koro1296 [2] |
Koroshi (Balochi: کوروشی), is a Balochi dialect.[3][4] The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was roughly estimated to be 1000 in 2006.[5] According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speaker within 40 to 50 families.[6]
Contents
Phonology
The transcription used here is only an approximation:
Vowels
- short: â, a, e, i, o, u
- long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
Consonants
- fricative: ð, like in, 'sað' (hundred).
- voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'maγz' (copula).
- alveolar trill: like in 'arra' (saw, the hand tool).
- palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'heykal' (body) and 'merzeng' (eyelash).
Grammar
Verbs
- Infinitive markers: -ag ('g' is palatal here).
Nouns
- The suffixes "-yok" and "-â" make nouns definite. Examples:
golâbi (pear) → golâbi-yok (the pear)
bâmard (man) → bâmard-â (the man)
- The indefinite marker is "i". Example:
čok (child) → čokk-i (a child)
- The plural is marked by the suffixes "-gal" and "obâr" . Examples:
mardin (man) → mardin-gal (men)
sib (apple) → sib-obâr (apples)
- Adjectives are placed before nouns. Examples:
siyâhayn angur (black grape)
qašanguveyn pirâhâm (beautiful shirt)
Vocabulary
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Example sentences
English | Koroshi | Balochi | Persian |
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What is this? | i či-yen? | ای چی اِن | این چیست؟ |
Where is Ali? | ali ko-yen? | علی کواِن، علی کجا اِن | علی کجاست؟ |
This horse is white. | i asp esbiyeð-en. | ای اسپیتیں اسپ اِن | .این اسب سفید است |
They say he works ten hours a day. | maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a. | آ گشنت روچی دہ سائت کار کنت | .میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند |
I have two small brothers and sisters. | do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om. | ? | .دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم |
If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people. | aga faqat ya dafâ ba âšâni dâhâ rafayado âšâni mehmândâriyâ hič vaxt yâdo anaraft. | ? | .اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهماننوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد |
Who called me? | kayad manâ ganki jad? | کیا منا گوانک جت | چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ |
See also
References
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- ↑ Koroshi at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
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- ↑ Ethnologue report for Southwestern Iranian languages
- ↑ Salami, A., 1385 AP / 2006 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). Third Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. [1] ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)
- ↑ Ethnologue Languages of the world, Koroshi