Basseri Persian | |
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باصری/باسری | |
Pronunciation | Pārsi-e Bāseri |
Native to | Iran |
Region | Pars |
Ethnicity | Basseri Persians |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog |
bass1257 |
Distribution of Basseri people in Iran |
Basseri dialect ( Persian: گویش باصری) is a Persian dialect spoken in Fars province by the Basseri people. [1] It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages. [2] [3] Basseri dialect consists of many exclusive Persian words with Old and Middle Persian roots and less Arabic Loanwords, which is a consequence of living in the mountains, nomadism and less connection with urban Persians. [4]
Basseri dialect has 6 vowels including /æ/ , /ɒ/ , /o/ , /e/ , /i/ , and /u:/; and also 4 diphthongs including /æi/ , /ey/ ,/ow/ , and /oy/. [5]
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | uː |
Mid | e | o |
Open | æ | ɒ |
Basseri Persian has 21 consonants, in contrast with Iranian Persian with 23 consonants. In this dialect, / ɣ/ is merged into / q/ and / ʒ/ is merged into / dʒ/. [6]
Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | |||||
Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | q | ʔ | ||
Affricate | tʃ dʒ | ||||||
Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ | x | h | ||
Flap or Tap | ɾ | ||||||
Approximant | l | j |
Basseri dialect is spoken among the Basseries in central Fars Province. Counties like Abadeh, Eqlid, Pasargad, Jahrom, Marvdasht, Shiraz, Khorrambid, Larestan, and Sarvestan are among the traditional living range of the Basseri. [7]
Some words in Basseri dialect are similar to English words. [8]
Basseri | English | standard Persian | st. Persian transcription |
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Var | Wear | پوشیدن | Pušidan |
Jong | Young | جوان | Javān |
Pati | Empty | خالی | Xāli |
Babe | Baby | عزیزم | Azizam |
Babu | Baby | نوزاد | Nowzād |
Kap | Cap | کلاه | Kolāh |
Sol | Soil | خاک | Xāk |
Sekal | Skeleton | استخوان | Ostoxān |