Ajami language

Introduction

The Ajami Dialect is mostly spoken in different cities and towns in south of Iran, mostly at the Hormozgān. Cities that speak this dialect include Bastak, Avaz, Gerash, and Lar along with many others. The Ajami dialect is very close to Persian, yet its grammatical structure along with some of its vocabulary is different. Usually, Persian speakers and Ajami speakers have a hard time to converse with each other. It maybe a greatly Arabicized form of Persian language due to through contact to the neighborhood Arabic countries.In general as we travel from central Asia to the coasts of Persian gulf, the Persian language become sensibly more Arabicized.

Ajami speakers at the persian gulf

Iranian people who have migrated from South of Iran to the Persian Gulf still speak at the early 20th century still speak this dialect in their homes, however, this variety has been highly influenced by the Arabic language.

Official Name

Ajami is not the official name of this dialect it's just the name that was given to it by its speaker in the Persian gulf to differentiate it from Farsi in Iran. Speakers of Ajami (Persians that grew in the Gulf) dialect that come from different towns might also find some differences in some words. Hence, if the speaker is from Ahvaz they refer to him/her as speaking Ahvazi and if he/she is from Bastak it becomes Bastaki. However, Bastakies are not called as Ajams in the Gulf, they are simply known as Bastakies and their language is different from what Ajams speak.

Comparison between Ajami and Persian