Koroshi dialect

For other uses, see Koroshi.
Koroshi
کوروشی
Native to Iran
Native speakers
unknown (undated figure of 160–200 = 40–50 families)[1]
Official status
Regulated by Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ktl
Glottolog koro1296[2]

Koroshi (Balochi: کوروشی), is a Balochi dialect.[3][4] The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was roughly estimated to be 1000 in 2006.[5] According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speaker within 40 to 50 families.[6]

Phonology

The transcription used here is only an approximation:

Vowels

Consonants

Grammar

Verbs

Nouns

golâbi (pear) → golâbi-yok (the pear)
bâmard (man) → bâmard-â (the man)

čok (child) → čokk-i (a child)

mardin (man) → mardin-gal (men)
sib (apple) → sib-obâr (apples)

siyâhayn angur (black grape)
qašanguveyn pirâhâm (beautiful shirt)

Vocabulary

English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers)
beautiful qašang sharr, soherâ zibâ, xoščehre
blood hun hun xun
bread nagan nagan, nân nân
bring ârag ârag âvardan
brother berâd barādar, brāt barâdar
come akkag áhag, âmadan âmadan
cry girrag griwag geristan
dark târik tahár târik
daughter jānek mind, jānek doxtar
day roč roshe, roč ruz
do kanag kanag kardan
door dar gelo, dar,dawazag dar
die merag mireg mordan
donkey kar har xar
egg heyx heyk toxme morq
earth dogâr zemin, dagâr zamin
eye čām čham, čam čašm
father bovâ(y) pyt, abbâ pedar, bâbâ
fear tors tors tars
fiancé numzâð nāmzād,deshtaar nâmzad
fine xoš, xâš hosh xoš
finger pinja lenkwk, mordâneg angošt
fire âs âč, âs âtaš, âzar
fish mâhin mâhig mâhi
food / eat xorâk/ varag warag, vereg qazâ, xorâk / xordan
four čâr č(y)ār čahâr
go ravag jwzzegh, ravag raftan
god xoðâ hwdâ xodâ
good xūb jawáin, šarr xub
great čoqqor mastar bozorg, gonde, gat
hand das dast dast
English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers)
head sar, kalla sar sar, kalle
heart del dil, hatyr, zerd del, qalb
horse asp asp asb, astar
house log log, gis xâne
language (Also Tongue) zebân zevân, zobân zabân
laugh kannag khendeg, hendeg,kandag xandidan
man mardin, bâmard merdin mard
moon máh mâh
mother doyi mât, mâs mâdar, mâmân
mouth daf dap, daf dahân
name num num nâm
night šaf shaw, šap šab
open vâz kanag pač kanag vâkardan, bâz kardan
peace sōl ârâm âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi, solh
place hend, jâ
read vânag wánag xândan
say gašag gushag goftan, gap zadan
scratch karânag kičaenag xârândan
sister gâhâr, daða gwhâr xâhar
small kassân, kam lekem, kassân kucak, kam, xord
son bač pisar, phussag, bač pesar, pur, bacce
tall bolan bwrz boland, bârez, derâz
three sa se se
water âf âf, âp âb, ow
weave gâfag gwapag bâftan
when kad ked key
wind gâd gwáth bâd
woman jan jan zan
yesterday zi diruz, di

Example sentences

English Koroshi Balochi Persian
What is this? i či-yen? ای چی اِن این چیست؟
Where is Ali? ali ko-yen? علی کواِن، علی کجا اِن علی کجاست؟
This horse is white. i asp esbiyeð-en. ای اسپیتیں اسپ اِن .این اسب سفید است
They say he works ten hours a day. maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a. آ گشنت روچی دہ سائت کار کنت .میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند
I have two small brothers and sisters. do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om. ? .دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم
If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people. aga faqat ya dafâ ba âšâni dâhâ rafayado âšâni mehmândâriyâ hič vaxt yâdo anaraft. ? .اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد
Who called me? kayad manâ ganki jad? کیا منا گوانک جت چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟

See also

References

  1. Koroshi at Ethnologue (13th ed., 1996).
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Koroshi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Payne, J.R. (1987). Bernard Comrie, ed. The World's Major Languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 514. ISBN 978-0-19-506511-4.
  4. Ethnologue report for Southwestern Iranian languages
  5. 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. ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)
  6. Ethnologue Languages of the world, Koroshi
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