Korouni dialect

Korouni
کرونی
Native to	Iran
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Kurdish Southern Kurdish Korouni
Official status
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Korouni (Kurdish: کرونی‎), is a Southern Kurdish dialect of Fars and Kurdistan.^[1] Koruni is a Kurdish tribe of Kurdistan and Fars. Most of the tribe was transplanted from Kurdistan to Fars by Karim Khan Zand during the 1760s.^[2]

The speakers of Korouni live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province around Shiraz, Sepidan and Kazerun. The succeeding information is about the dialect spoken around the latter two cities.^[3]

Phonology

The transcription used here is only an approximation:

Vowels

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

Consonants

• fricative: ð, like in, 'peðar' (father).
• voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'tiγ' (thorn).
• alveolar trill: like in 'borra' (flail).
• palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'gilas' (cherry) and 'goruk' (hank of yarn) for 'k'.

Grammar

Verbs

• Infinitive markers: -ân, -in, -en

Nouns

• The suffix "-aka" makes nouns definite. Examples:

čerâγ (lamp) → čerâγ-aka (the lamp)

• The indefinite marker is "i". Example:

melâl (child) → melâl-i (a child)

• The plural is marked by the suffix "-al" . Examples:

sif (apple) → sif-al-aka (the apples)
orsi (shoe) → orsi-y-al-aka (the shoes) ('y' is used if noun ends in vowel)

Vocabulary

English Korouni Kurdish Persian (Unipers) beautiful qašang delal, rind, cûwan zibâ, xoščehre blood xin xwîn xun bread nân nan nân bring âverden anîn, hênan âvardan brother berâka bira barâdar come hâten hatin âmadan cry giresen girîn geristan dark terik tarî târik daughter diyat keç, kîj, kenîşk, dot doxtar day ruz roj ruz do kerden kirin, kirdin kardan door dar derge, derî dar die merden mirin mordan donkey xar ker xar egg hileka hêlk toxme morq earth zeyi herd, erd (English Earth) zamin eye čow çav čašm father peðar, bobâ bav, bawk pedar, bâbâ fear zaleg tirs tars fiancé numzâðaka dezgîran, destgirtî nâmzad fine xoš, xâš xweş, baş xoš finger kelek til, qamik angošt fire âger agir âtaš, âzar fish mâyi masî mâhi food / eat ?/ xuvârden debar, xwardemenî / xwarin qazâ, xorâk / xordan go činen çûn raftan god xodâ xwedê xodâ good huv baş, çak xub great qeyi, gowrâ gir, mezin, gewre bozorg, gonde, gat hand das dest, lep dast

English Korouni Kurdish Persian (Unipers) head sar sar sar, kalle heart del dil del, qalb horse asp, mâ'in hesp asb, astar house mâl, xuna mal xâne language (Also Tongue) zuvân ziwan zabân laugh xanen kenîn xandidan man piyâk mêr, piyaw mard moon mâng mang, heyv mâh mother dâlek dayik mâdar, mâmân mouth dam dem, dev dahân name now naw nâm night šow shew šab open vâz kerdan vekirin vâkardan, bâz kardan peace sōl aştî âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi, solh, sol place ji cih, şûn jâ read xuvanen xwendin xândan say vaten gotin goftan, gap zadan scratch xorânen quncirandin xârândan sister xoyiška xweşk xâhar small biček, kam piçûk kucak, kam, xord son kor, jeγele kur pesar, pur, bacce tall bolend bilind boland, bârez, derâz three siyân sê se water ow aw âb weave bâften rêstin bâftan when key kengê key wind bâd ba bâd woman žen jin, afret zan yesterday diyaka duh, dwênê diruz, di

Example sentences

English	Korouni	Kurdish	Persian
What is this?	ye čey-ka?	ئه‌مه‌ چییه‌؟ eme çîye?	این چیست؟ In cist?
Where is Ali?	ali kura čiya?	عه‌لی له‌ کوێیه‌؟ Elî le kwêye?	علی کجاست؟ Ali kojâst?
This horse is white.	i asp-aka čarma-ga.	ئه‌م ئه‌سپه‌ سپییه‌Em espe spîye.	.این اسب سفید است In asb sefid ast.
They say he works ten hours a day.	eyž-en ruz-i dā sât kâr ak-a.	ده‌ڵێن ئه‌و ده‌ کاژێر کار ده‌کات Dellên ew de kajêr kar dekat.	.میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند Miguyand ruzi dah sâat kâr mikonad.
I have two small brothers and sisters.	do kakâ va do xuyišk-e biče der-em.	من دوو برا و خوشکی بچووکم هه‌یه‌ Min dû bira û xuşkî biçûkim heye.	.دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم Man do barâdar va xâhare kucak dâram.
If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people.	aga yey dāfa bečitân a ow diyaka meyvân-i kiyâ le yâdetân nâče.	eger yek car biroyt bo dêkeyan, mîwandarî xallkeket le bîr naçêt.	.اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد
Who called me?	ki bi me-ni čerri?	کێ منی بانگ کرد kê minî bang kird?	چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ Cekasi marâ sedâ zad?

See also

• Dialects of Fars
• Northwestern Iranian languages
• Iranian languages

References

1. Kuruni in Iranica
2. Kuruni in Iranica
3. 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)