Korouni dialect

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

The Korouni dialect (Kurdish: کرونی), is a Southwestern Iranian language but close to Kurdish. The speakers of Korouni live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province around Shiraz, Sepidan and Kazerun. The succeeding information is about the dialect spoken around the latter tow cities. [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. [http://persianacademy.ir/fa/ganjifars03.aspx] ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)]

Phonology

The transcription used here is only a approximation:

Vowels

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

Consonants

*fricative: ð, like in, 'peðar' (father).
*voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'tiɣ' (thorn).
*alveolar trill: like in 'borra' (flail).
*palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'gilas' (cherry) and 'goruk' (hank of yarn) for 'k'.

Grammar

Verbs

*Infinitive markers: -ân, -in, -en

Nouns

*The suffix "-aka" makes nouns definite. Examples:
čerâɣ (lamp) → čerâɣ-aka (the lamp)

*The indefinite marker is "i". Example:
melâl (child) → melâl-i (a child)

*The plural is marked by the suffix "-al" . Examples:
sif (apple) → sif-al-aka (the apples)
orsi (shoe) → orsi-y-al-aka (the shoes) ('y' is used if noun ends in vowel)

Vocabulary

ee also

* Dialects of Fars
* Southwestern Iranian languages
* Iranian languages

References