Koroshi dialect

Balochi dialect of Iran
Koroshi
کوروشی
Native toIran
Native speakers
1000 (2006)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Iranian
      • Western Iranian
        • Northwestern
          • Balochi
            • Koroshi
Writing system
Persian alphabet
Official status
Regulated byAcademy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3ktl
Glottologkoro1296
ELPKoroshi

Koroshi (Koroshi: کوروشی, Balochi: کوروٚشی) is a Balochi dialect.[2] The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was estimated to be 1000 in 2006.[1] According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speakers within 40 to 50 families.[3] Entirely isolated from the main body of the Baloch habitat, Koroshi distinguishes itself in grammar and lexicon among Balochi varieties.[4]

Phonology

The transcription used here is only an approximation:

Vowels

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

Consonants

  • voiced dental fricative: ð, like in 'sað' (hundred).
  • voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'maɣz' (copula).
  • alveolar trill: like in 'arra' (saw, the hand tool).
  • palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'heykal' (body) and 'merzeng' (eyelash).

Grammar

Verbs

  • Infinitive markers: -ag ('g' is palatal here).

Nouns

  • The suffixes "-yok" and "-â" make nouns definite. Examples:

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

  • The indefinite marker is "i". Example:

čok (child) → čokk-i (a child)

  • The plural is marked by the suffixes "-gal" and "obâr" . Examples:

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

  • Adjectives are placed before nouns. Examples:

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

Vocabulary

English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers)
beautiful qašang sharr, soherâ zibâ, xoščehre, qašang
blood hun Hòn ھۏن xun
bread nagan nagan, nàn nân
bring ârag àrag âvardan
brother berâd bràt, bràs barâdar
come akkag á ag âmadan
cry girrag grèwag geriyeh
dark târik tahàr târik
daughter jānek menď, janek doxtar
day roč ròc ruz
do kanag kanag kardan
door dar gelo, dar, darwàzag dar
die merag merag mordan
donkey kar har xar
egg heyx haik/hayk toxme morq
earth dogâr zomin, ďagàr zamin, zemin
eye čām čham, čamm čašm
father bovâ(y) pet, pes pedar, bâbâ
fear tors tors tars
fiancé numzâð deštàr/ještàr nâmzad
fine xoš, xâš waš xoš
finger pinja lankotk, mòrdànag angošt
fire âs âč, âs âtaš, âzar
fish mâhin màhig mâhi
food / eat xorâk / varag warag, varàk qazâ, xorâk / xordan
four čâr càr čahâr, čâr
go ravag rawag raftan
god xoðâ hodà, hàwand xodâ
good xūb jowàn,šarr,geh xub
great čoqqor master bozorg, gonde, gat
hand das dast dast
English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers)
head sar, kalla sar sar, kalle
heart del dil, hatyr, zerd del, dil
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 mā 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 jâ hend, jâ 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, borz
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 zí diruz, di

Example sentences

English Koroshi Balochi Persian
What is this? i či-yen? اے چی‌ئے؟ این چیست؟ / en či-ye?
Where is Ali? ali ko-yen? ئَلی کۏ اِنت؟/ئلی کجا اِنت؟ علی کجاست؟ - ali ku?
This horse is white. i asp esbiyeð-en. ای سُپݔتݔن/اِسپݔتݔن اسپ اِنتٚ .این اسب سفید است - en/in asb sefid-e
They say he works ten hours a day. maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a. آ گُش اَنت رۏچے دہ ساھَت کارءَ کَنت .میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند - ânhâ migan, ke ū(n) dah soat dar rūz kar mikonê.
I have two small brothers and sisters. do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om. منا دو كسانݔن برات ءُ گوٚھار ھہ۔ .دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم - do tâ doxtar va baradâr daram
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. اگہ تؤ یک برے آ مردمانء جاھا بہ روئ ھچبر آیانء مھمانداری‌ئا نہ شمۏش اݔت؟ .اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد - agar faqat ye(k) bar be deh e ishân beri, tu mehmânnvaziye mardom o yâdet nemirê.
Who called me? kayad manâ ganki jad? کئ‌ئا منا گوانک جَت؟ چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ - ki manô sedâ kard?

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. [1] Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)
  2. ^ Ethnologue report for Southwestern Iranian languages
  3. ^ Ethnologue Languages of the world, Koroshi
  4. ^ Borjian, H. “The Balochi Dialect of the Korosh,” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hung. Volume 67 (4), 453–465 (2014) DOI: 10.1556/AOrient.67.2014.4.4. [2].