Some Important Features Differentiating between the Khorasani Group of Persian Dialects and the Varieties of the Afghan-Tajiki Group

Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Youli Ioannesyan

Senior Researcher of the Department of Middle Eastern and Near Eastern Studies, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

https://doi.org/10.22067/jlkd.2024.84459.1202

Abstract

The study examined five characteristics of the Khorasani Group of Persian Dialects distinguishing it from the Afghan-Tajiki group. These characteristics consist of two phonetic and two morphological features as well as one relating to prepositions. Though not representing all the distinguishing features between the groups, they have been singled out by the researcher as some most stable characteristics. The study used a wide range of sources, including field research and numerous works of Russian, Western, Iranian, Tajiki and Afghan authors. The texts (legends and stories about everyday issues) in the Herat dialect, which were obtained as a result of the author's field work in Afghanistan, were collected from illiterate and poorly literate speakers of the said dialect. Due to the lack of education, these people were not influenced by the Kabul dialect or the language, and they kept their native dialect in the purest form. This research proved that the discussed features are among the main features that distinguish Khorasani Persian dialects group from Afghani-Tajik group.

Keywords

• Iranian Studies
• Persian Dialectology
• Iranian Dialectology
• Afghan and Tajiki Dialectology

Main Subjects

• Linguistics and Khorasan dialects

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