Shushtari dialect

Dialct in persian language
Shushtari
Native toIran
RegionKhuzestan
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Iranian
      • Western
        • Southwestern
          • Persid
            • Dezfuli–Shushtari
              • Shushtari
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologshus1253

Shushtari (Persian: شوشتری [ʃuʃtæri]) is a Persian dialect spoken in and around the city of Shushtar in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran. It constitutes a language with the Dezfuli dialect, which is spoken in Dezful, the adjacent city. The main difference between Dezfuli and Shushtari is in vowel pronunciation.[1][2]

Personal pronouns

Person Shushtari Dezfuli Standard Persian
1st singular mo mo: man
2nd singular to to: to
3rd singular ū ù ū
1st plural amā o:mù
2nd plural šamā šomù šomā
3rd plural ūšū ùšù īšān (honorary), ānhā (standard)

References

  1. ^ Shushtari and Dezfuli Dialects
  2. ^ Khuzestan Dialects, Encyclopedia Iranica