- Historical dialects of Armenian language
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In 1909, prominent Armenian linguist Hrachia Acharian in his Classification des dialectes arméniens (Classification of Armenian dialects) surveyed many of the Armenian dialects in what is now present day Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan and other countries settled by Armenians. Unlike the traditional dialect division of Armenian into western and eastern dialects, Acharian divided Armenian into three main dialects based on which indicative particles are used. He labeled them as the -owm (-ում) dialects, -gë (-կը) dialects, and -el (-ել) dialects. These three major dialects were further divided into sub-dialects.
-owm dialects Dialect
(Armenian name)Areas spoken (countries as of 1909) Araratian
(Արարատյան)Erivan (Yerevan), Novo-Bayazet (Gavar)
Doğubeyazıt
Tabriz (Kala and Lilava quarters)
Tbilisi
(Թիֆլիսի)Tbilisi (Havlabar quarter)
Karabakh
(Ղարաբաղի)Shusha, Elisabethpol (Ganja), Shaki, Baku, Derbent, Aghstafa, Dilijan, Vanadzor, Kazakh, Lori
Karadagh (Ardabil Province, Iran), Mujumbar (Kermān Province, Iran), Tabriz (Lilava quarter)
Burdur (near İzmir, Turkey), Yodemish (İzmir Province, Turkey)
Shamakhi
(Շամախիի)Shamakhi, Guba
Astrakhan
(Աստրախանի)Astrakhan
Julfa
(Ջուղայի)Julfa
Isfahan (New Julfa quarter), Shiraz, Hamadan, Bushehr, Tehran, Qazvin, Rasht, Bandar-e Anzali
Nakhichevan
(Նախիջևանի)Nakhichevan: Nerkin (Lower) Akulis, Tsagna, Verin (Upper) Agulis, Verin (Upper) Handamej, Tanagirt, Urumis, Dosti and Kalaki
-el dialects Dialect
(Armenian name)Areas spoken (countries as of 1909) Maragha (Մարաղայի) Maragheh
Khoy, Maku
Igdir
Kori, Alighuli, Mughanjugh, Karashen, Alilu, Angeghakot, Ghushchi, Tazakend, Uz, Mazra, Balak, Shaghat, Ltsen, Sisian, Nerkin Kilisa
Ardahan (Արդահան) Artvin, Ardahan, Artanutch, Olti
gë dialects Dialect
(Armenian name)Areas spoken (countries as of 1909) Erurum
(Կարնո)Erzurum
Mush
(Մշո)Mush, Sasun, Bitlis, Khozan, Khlat, Artchesh, Kop, Manazkert, Khnus, Alashkert
Aparan, 4 villages in Javakhk (Bogdanovka (Ninotsminda) district: Eshtia, Ujmana, Toria; Akhalkalak district: Martuni)
Van
(Վանա)Van, Diadin, Moks, Adamakert, Shatakh
Darbekir
(Դիարբեքիրի)Diyarbakır, Lice, Hazro, Kozluk, Khizan, Sevaverak, Edesia
Kharberd-Yerznka
(Խարբերդ-Երզնկայի)Kharpert, Yerznka, Balu, Tchapaghjur, Chmshkatsag, Peri, Kghi, Dersim, Kamakh
Shabin-Karahisar Shabin-Karahisar, Akıncılar
Trapizon
(Տրապիզոնի)Trabzon, Babert, Gyumushkhana, Giresun
Hamshen
(Համշենի)Hamshen, Trabzon, Ünye, Fatsa, Terme, Çarşamba, Samsun
Sukhumi, Sochi, Mtsara (Gudauta District, Abkhazia), Tsebelda (Gulripsh District, Abkhazia), Adler (Sochi), Shapsugskaya (Krasnodar Krai, Russia)
Malatia
(Մալաթիայի)Malatia, Adıyaman
Zeytun
(Զեյթունի)Hadjin, Zeytun, Marash, Kilis, Alexandretta, Payas (Yakacik), Samandağ
Aramo
(Արամոյի)Aramo (Syria)
Arabkir
(Արաբկիրի)Arabkir, Tevrik, Kyurin, Darende, Kesaria
Akn
(Ակնի)Akn
Sebastia
(Սեբաստիայի)Sebastia
Amasia
(Ամասիայի)Tokat, Amasia, Marzvan, Ordu, Samsun, Sinop
Smyrna
(Զմյուռնիայի)Smyrna
Izmi (Իզմիրի) Nicomedia, Adabazar, Yalova, Partizak, Geyve, İznik, Pazarköy, Karamürsel, Aslanbey, Ortaköy, Sölöz, Benli
Constantinople (Պոլսի) Constantinople (Istanbul)
Tekirdağ, Malkara
(Նոր Նախիջևանի) Nor Nakhichevan, Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Dnipropetrovsk, Anapa, Maykop, Taganrog, Prymorsk, Novocherkassk, Dneprovskaya (Krasnodar Krai)
Poland, Bukovina, Transylvania, Hungary Jerusalem (Երուսաղեմի) Jerusalem (K'aġak'ac'i dialect), not mentioned by Acharian, but mentioned by Bert Vaux as likely coming from Cilicia[1]
Yozgat
References
- ^ The Armenian Dialects of Jerusalem by Bert Vaux, Harvard University
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