Abduyi dialect
Northwestern Iranian language
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The transcription used here is an approximation.
Vowels
short: â, a, e, i, o, u
long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū
Consonants
- voiced dental fricative: ð, a sound near to English voiced "th", generally after vowels, like in 'taðuk' (cockroach).
- palatal stops: front 'g' and 'k', like in 'kačče' (chin) and girib (cry).
- voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'jeγarek' (hailstone).
- alveolar trill: like in 'borre' (flail).
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Grammar
Verbs
Infinitive markers: -san, -tan, -dan.
Nouns
Stresses on different vowels make nouns definite or indefinite. Example:
že (woman), tuhu (house).
Definite: žení (the woman), tevedí (the house).
Indefinite: žéni (a woman), tevédi (a house).
The plural is marked by the suffixes: -gal, -al, -u and -yu. Examples:
sib (apple) → sib-yu (apples)
morb (hen) → morb-u (hens)
âdam (person) → âdam-gal (persons)
Vocabulary
Example sentences
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