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The Abduyi dialect is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the village of Abduyi, reachable from Kazerun

Kazerun

Kazerun is a city in and the capital of Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 84,594, in 20,810 families....

city in Southern Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, through the old road of Shiraz-Kazerun after 36 kilometers. The number of households of the village has been around 120 in 2004.
. The dialect is identified as Kurdish by most researchers.

Consonants

voiced dental fricative
Voiced dental fricative
The voiced dental non-sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound, eth, is . The symbol was taken from the Old English letter eth, which could stand for either a voiced or unvoiced...

: 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
Voiced velar fricative
The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in various spoken languages. It is not found in English today, but did exist in Old English...

: γ, like in 'jeγarek' (hailstone).
alveolar trill
Alveolar trill
The alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar trills is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r. It is commonly called the rolled R, rolling R, or trilled R...

: like in 'borre' (flail).

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 English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Abduyi	Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... (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 English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Abduyi	Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence... (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 English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Abduyi	Persian Persian language Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...	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?

Consonants

Nouns

Vocabulary

Example Sentences

See also

Further reading