Basseri dialect ( Persian: گویش باصری) is a Persian dialect spoken in Fars province by the Basseri people. It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of

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. Basseri dialect consists of many exclusive Persian words with

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and

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roots and less

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s, which is a consequence of living in the mountains,

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ism and less connection with urban Persians.

Phonology

Vowels

Basseri dialect has 6

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s including /æ/ , /ɒ/ , /o/ , /e/ , /i/ , and /u:/; and also 4

diphthong A diphthong ( ; , ), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech ...

s including /æi/ , /ey/ ,/ow/ , and /oy/.

Consonants

Basseri Persian has 21

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s, in contrast with Iranian Persian with 23 consonants. In this dialect, is merged into and is merged into .

Distribution

Basseri dialect is spoken among the Basseries in central Fars Province. Counties like Abadeh, Eqlid,

Pasargad Pasargadae (from Old Persian ''Pāθra-gadā'', "protective club" or "strong club"; Modern Persian: ''Pāsārgād'') was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC), who ordered its construction and the location o ...

Jahrom Jahrom ( fa, جهرم, also known as Jahrūm) is a city and capital of Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 141,634. Jahrom is the largest city in south of Fars Province and the second one in whole provinc ...

Marvdasht Marvdasht ( fa, مرودشت, also romanized as Marv Dasht) is a city and the capital of Marvdasht County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 123,858, in 29,134 families. Name Some historians hold that Marvdasht was ...

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 ...

, Khorrambid,

Larestan Larestan County ( fa, شهرستان لارستان) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Lar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Evaz County ...

, and

Sarvestan Sarvestan ( fa, سروستان ''Sarvestân'', "land of cedars"; ''sarv'' "cedar" (cypress) + ''estan''; also Romanized as Sarvestān and Sarvistān) is a city and capital of Sarvestan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its popul ...

are among the traditional living range of the Basseri.

Similarities with English

Some words in Basseri dialect are similar to English words.The Basseri tribe:from Tornas to Lahbaz.Gholamreza Tavakkoli.2000.Tehran

References

External links

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www.baserionline.ir

Basseri proverbs
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