Dezfuli dialect

Persian dialect of Khuzestan, Iran
Dezfuli
Native toIran
RegionKhuzestan
Native speakers
(undated figure of Very few)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Iranian
      • Western
        • Southwestern
          • Persid
            • Dezfuli-Shushtari
              • Dezfuli
Language codes
ISO 639-3def
Glottologdezf1238

Dezfuli (local names: دزفولی, dezfuli, or دسفیلی, desfili) is a Persian dialect spoken in Dezful in the province of Khuzestan in Iran. It constitutes a language with the Shushtari dialect, which is spoken in Shushtar, the adjacent city. The main difference between Dezfuli and Shushtari is in vowel pronunciation.

Personal pronouns

Person Dezfuli Shushtari Standard Persian
1st singular mo mo man
2nd singular to to to
3rd singular ū ū ū
1st plural omù amā
2nd plural šomù šamā šomā
3rd plural ūšù ūšù īšān (honorary), ānhā (standard)

References

  1. ^ Dezfuli at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

External links

  • Colin MacKinnon, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dezful-03-dialect
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