Dialects of Fars

Persian dialect in the Fars province of Iran

Dialects of Fars are a group of Southwestern Iranian dialects spoken in the central Fars province. The southwestern dialects can be divided into three families of dialects according to geographical distribution and local names: Southwestern (Lori), South-central (Kuhmareyi) and Southeastern (Larestani).[1][2] Under linguistic typology a part of the dialects of the region can be classified as follows:[3][4][5][6][7]

Southwestern | Northwestern

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Nominative–accusative | Split-Ergative in past transitive constructions
Tajiki Kalani, Lori Kalani, Mamassani Lori, Basseri, Balyani, Hayati (Dowlat Abadi), Lordarengani, Dezhgahi/Gowri, Richi, Tang Kishi, Zakhoruyei  | Kuhmareyi: Davani, Dahlei, Kandeyi, Kuzargi, Masarmi, Birovakani, Dadenjani, Dorounaki/Mehboudi, Banafi, Papuni, Dusirani, Somghani, Gorganayi-Gavkoshaki, Mosqani, Nudani; Larestani: Asiri, Aheli, Khonji, Gerrashi/Zeynal Abadi, Kalati (Evaz), Kariyani; Others: Shurabi  | Koroshi, Sivandi, Abduyi, Korouni

And the extinct old Kazeruni and Old Shirazi (Sherazi) dialects. This group of dialects is not to be confused with the standard Persian, the official language of Iran; and they are not restricted to the present border of Fars province.[2][8]

## Example

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| Language/ Dialect  | Sentence[3][4][5][6]

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English | Everyone who saw me greeted me.
Persian | har ki mano did, be man salâm kard
Korouni | har ka me-ni di, va me salâm kerd
Tajiki Kalani | har k̂i may di, salâm ike
Lori Kalani | har ka mo midi, salâm ike
Mamassani Lori | har k̂e me na di, vam salâm k̂e
Basseri | har ke me-ye di, salâm-om ke
Balyani | har k̂e mo di, salâm-am ke
Hayati(Dowlat Abadi) | har k̂i mo-na dið, salâm-om kerd
Lordarengani | har k̂i mo-na dið, az mo salâm kerd
Dezhgahi/Gowri | har k̂a mo dið, salam kerd
Richi | har k̂e mo-na di, salâm-am k̂-e
Tang Kishi | har ke mo miði, salâm-am mik̂e
Zakhoruyei | har ke mo dið, salâm-om k̂erd
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Davani | har k̂i-š ma di-š, salâm k̂e
Dahlei | har k̂iš ma di, eš salâm ama k̂e
Kandeyi | har k̂i om dið-eyi, salâm kârd-ey
Kuzargi | har k̂i me-š di, salâm oš k̂e
Masarmi | har k̂a me eš- di, salâm-ša k̂erda
Birovakani | har k̂i seyl-em eš ki, salâm-eš ki
Dadenjani | har k̂i ma-š di, salâm-eš ki
Dorounaki/ Mehboudi | har k̂i ke ma-š di, salâm-eš ke
Banafi | har k̂i eš ma di eš, salâm-am k̂e
Papuni | har k̂i mo-š di, salâm-eš k̂e
Dusirani | har k̂i mo oš di, salâm-oš a mo k̂e
Somghani | har k̂i mo-š di, salâm-eš k̂e
Gorganayi-Gavkoshaki | har k̂e-â midim, salâm na-šk̂e
Mosqani | har k̂e ma eš di, salâm-eš k̂e
| Language/ Dialect  | Sentence

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Asiri | har ke mo-š di, salâm-om oš-ke
Aheli | har ke mo-š di, salâm-om oš-ke
Khonji | har ka mo-š di, salâm-oš kerd-om
Gerrashi/ Zeynal Abadi | har ke mo-š di, salâm-e mo-š ke
Kalati (Evaz) | har-ka-š ded-om, salâm-oš kerd-om
Kariyani | har ke mo-š di, salâm-oš ke
Shurabi | har ke me oš-di, salâm-eš ke
Koroshi | har k̂a man-a didi, ba man salâm iko
Sivandi | har kâmišâ merâ diyešâ avinim wâtešâ salâm
Abduyi | har k̂asi k̂e may di, selâm-i k̂e

## References

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1. ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (15 December 1999). "FĀRS viii. Dialects". Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. New York: Columbia University. Retrieved 23 May 2010. "The Fārs dialects proper used to be locally referred to as Tājīkī in the sense of the Iranian-speaking settled, non-tribal populations..."
2. ^ a b SWindfuhr, Gernot. "FARROḴZĀD,FORŪḠ-ZAMĀN". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
3. ^ a b Salami, A., 1383 AP / 2004 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). First Volume, Academy of Persian Language and Literature. [1] Archived 23 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-32-X (in Persian)
4. ^ a b Salami, A., 1384 AP / 2005 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). Second Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. [2] Archived 5 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-39-7 (in Persian)
5. ^ a b 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. [3] Archived 26 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)
6. ^ a b Salami, A., 1386 AP / 2007 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). Fourth Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. [4] Archived 26 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-964--7531-73-3 (in Persian)
7. ^ Fars, Southwestern, ethnologue
8. ^ Payne, J.R. (1987). Bernard Comrie (ed.). The World's Major Languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 514. ISBN 978-0-19-506511-4.

## Further reading

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* Schmidt, Rüdiger, ed. (1989). Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden: Reichert. ISBN 3-88226-413-6.
* Mahamedi, H., 1979. On the verbal system in three Iranian dialects of Fârs, in Studia Iranica, VIII, 2, 277–297.

## External links

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* Encyclopædia Iranica article on Fars Dialects[usurped]

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