Abduyi dialect

Infobox Language
name=Abduyi
nativename= _fa. عبدویی
pronunciation=
states=Iran
region=Middle East
speakers= ca. 600
familycolor=Indo-European
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Iranian
fam4=Western Iranian
fam5=Southwestern Iranian
agency=Academy of Persian Language and Literature

The Abduyi dialect ( _fa. عبدویی, UniPers: Abduyi) is a Southwestern Iranian language spoken in the village of Abduyi, reachable from Kazerun city in Southern Iran, through the old road of Shiraz-Kazerun after 36 kilometers. Unlike related languages it doesn't have ergative case, and verbs are conjugated similar to Dari Persian. It is closely related to Tajiki Kalani dialect. The number of households of the village has been around 120 in 2004. [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. [http://persianacademy.ir/fa/ganjifars01.aspx] ISBN 964-7531-32-X (in Persian)]

Phonology

The transcription used here is an approximation.

Vowels

short: â, a, e, i, o, u
long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

Consonants

*fricative: ð, a sound between "d" and "r", near to English "th", generally after vowels, like in 'taðuk' (cockroach).
*palatal: front 'g' and 'k', like in 'kačče' (chin) and girib (cry).
*voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'jeɣarek' (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

ee also

* Dialects of Fars
* Persian dialects and varieties
* Southwestern Iranian languages
* Iranian languages

Reference

Further reading

*Mahamedi, H., 1979. On the verbal system in three Iranian dialects of Fârs, in "Studia Iranica", VIII, 2, 277–297.