Abduyi dialect

The Abduyi dialect (Kurdish: عبدویی, UniPers: Abduyi) is a Northwestern Iranian language^[2] spoken in the village of Abdui, which can be reached from Kazerun city in Southern Iran via the old Shiraz-Kazerun road after 36 kilometers. The number of households in the village was approximately 120 in 2004.^[3] Most researchers identify the dialect as Kurdish.^[4]

Abduyi
عبدویی
Native to	Iran
Native speakers	(undated figure of ca. 600)[citation needed]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Kurdish (unclassified)[1] Abduyi
Official status
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Phonology

The transcription used here is an approximation.

Vowels

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

Consonants

• voiced dental fricative: ð, a sound near to English voiced "th", generally after vowels, like in 'taðuk' (cockroach).
• palatal stops: front 'g' and 'k', like in 'kačče' (chin) and girib (cry).
• voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'jeγarek' (hailstone).
• alveolar trill: like in 'borre' (flail).

Grammar

Verbs

Infinitive markers: -san, -tan, -dan.

Nouns

Stresses on different vowels make nouns definite or indefinite. Example:
že (woman), tuhu (house).
Definite: žení (the woman), tevedí (the house).
Indefinite: žéni (a woman), tevédi (a house).

The plural is marked by the suffixes: -gal, -al, -u and -yu. Examples:
sib (apple) → sib-yu (apples)
morb (hen) → morb-u (hens)
âdam (person) → âdam-gal (persons)

Vocabulary

English Abduyi Persian (Unipers) beautiful qašang zibâ, qašang blood xin xun bread nu nân bring averdan âvardan brother kâkâ barâdar come ātan âmadan cry gereyidan geristan dark tarik târik daughter dut doxtar day ru ruz do kerdan kardan door der dar die merdan mordan donkey xar xar egg xâg toxme morgh earth zamin zamin eye čām čašm father bâvâ pedar fear tars tars fiancé numzad nâmzad fine xoš xoš finger penje angošt fire teš, taš âtaš, âzar fish mahi mâhi food / eat γezâ/ xovârdan ghezâ, xorâk / xordan go večedan raftan god xodâ xodâ good xub xub great get bozorg, gonde, gat hand das dast

English Abduyi Persian (Unipers) head tel, ser sar, kalle heart del del, qalb horse asp asb, astar house tuhu xâne language (Also Tongue) zabun zabân laugh xande kerdan xandidan man merek mard moon mâh mâh mother dāni mâdar, mâmân mouth kap dahân name num nâm night šô šab open vâ kerdan bâz kardan peace sōl âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi place je jâ read xondan xândan say gotan goftan, gap zadan scratch kavarondan xârândan sister xeva, dâdâ xâhar small xordek kucak, xord son pos pesar, pur, bacce tall derâz boland, bârez, derâz three se se water ô âb, ow weave bâftan bâftan when kay key wind bâ bâd woman že, ži zan yesterday dede diruz

Example sentences

English	Abduyi	Persian	Unipers
What is this?	hena če-na?	این چیست؟	In cist?
Where is Ali?	ali keve-ye?	علی کجاست؟	Ali kojâst?
This horse is white.	he aspa safid-e.	.این اسب سفید است	In asb sefid ast.
They say he works ten hours a day.	temš-an ke reš-i dā sâa't kâr tekâ-t.	.میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند	Miguyand ruzi dah sâat kâr mikonad.
I have two small brothers and sisters.	dotto kâkâ ō dotto dâdâ-m hasta.	.دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم	Do barâdar va xâhare kucak dâram.
If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people.	ege faqat e kaše e deh-e evo večede pe hič vaxt mehmun-dâri-ye mardoman a eš yâdo-t vi neyčut.	.اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد	Agar tanhâ yekbâr be dehe ânhâ rafte bâši, mehmânnavâziye mardome ânjâ râ hargez az yâd naxâhid bord.
Who called me?	ke heyâ may ke?	چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟	Cekasi marâ sedâ zad?

See also

• Dialects of Fars
• Persian dialects and varieties
• Northwestern Iranian languages
• Iranian languages