Document Type : Original Article
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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The article contains a study of five characteristics of the Khorasani Group of Persian Dialects distinguishing it from the Afghan-Tajiki group. These characteristics consisting of two phonetic and two morphological features as well as of one relating to prepositions, despite the fact that they do not represent all the distinguishing features between the groups, have been singled out by the author as some most stable characteristics. The article is based on a wide range of sources, which include the author’s 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 literary language, and they kept their native dialect in the purest form. The present research proves that the discussed features are among the main features that distinguish Khorasani Persian dialects group from Afghani-Tajik group.
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