Basseri dialect
Basseri dialect is a Persian dialect spoken in Fars province by the Basseri people.[2] It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages.[3][4] Basseri dialect consists of many exclusive Persian words with Old and Middle Persian roots and less Arabic Loanwords, which is a consequence of living in the mountains, nomadism and less connection with urban Persians.[5]
| Basseri | |
|---|---|
| باصری/باسری | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Fars province |
| Ethnicity | Persian Basseries |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | bass1257[1] |
 Distribution of Basseri people in Iran | |
Phonology
Vowels
Basseri dialect has 6 vowels including /æ/ , /ɒ/ , /o/ , /e/ , /i/ , and /u:/; and also 4 diphthongs including /æi/ , /ey/ ,/ow/ , and /oy/.[6]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | uː |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | æ | ɒ |
Consonants
Basseri Persian has 21 consonants, in contrast with Iranian Persian with 23 consonants. In this dialect, /ɣ/ is merged into /q/ and /ʒ/ is merged into /dʒ/.[7]
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | q | ʔ | ||
| Affricate | tʃ dʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ | x | h | ||
| Flap or Tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Approximant | l | j |
Distribution
Basseri dialect is spoken among the Basseries in central Fars Province. Counties like Abadeh, Eqlid, Pasargad, Jahrom, Marvdasht, Shiraz, Khorrambid, Larestan, and Sarvestan are among the traditional living range of the Basseri.[8]
Similarities with English
Some words in Basseri dialect are similar to English words.[9]
| Basseri | English | standard Persian | st. Persian transcription |
|---|---|---|---|
| Var | Wear | پوشیدن | Pušidan |
| Jong | Young | جوان | Javān |
| Pati | Empty | خالی | Xāli |
| Babe | Baby | عزیزم | Azizam |
| Babu | Baby | نوزاد | Nowzād |
| Kap | Cap | کلاه | Kolāh |
| Sol | Soil | خاک | Xāk |
| Sekal | Skeleten | استخوان | Ostoxān |
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Basseri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- "eHRAF World Cultures". ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- Nomads of Persia:The Basseri tribe.Ehsan Yousefi.2014.Shiraz
- "Proverbs of the Basseri". www.baserionline.ir. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- Garrod, O. (1946). The nomadic tribes of Persia to‐day. Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, 33(1), 32-46.
- The Basseri dialect.Mehrdad Amiri.Linguistics Journal of Allameh Tabataba'i University.number 32.Fall 2019
- The Basseri dialect.Mehrdad Amiri.Linguistics Journal of Allameh Tabataba'i University.number 32.Fall 2019
- Zare, Jalil. "The Basseri". www.daryonnama.ir. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- The Basseri tribe:from Tornas to Lahbaz.Gholamreza Tavakkoli.2000.Tehran
External links
- Fredrik Barth (1964). Nomads of South Persia: the Basseri tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy.
- "BĀṢERĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- www.baserionline.ir
- Basseri proverbs