Sorkhei (language)
Sorkhei (سرخهای) | ||
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Spoken in |
Iran (Semnan Province) | |
speaker | 10,000 (2006 census) [1] | |
Linguistic classification |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-3 |
sqo |
Sorkhei is a West Iranian language and a dialect cluster of Semnani . It is spoken by around 10,000 people in the small town of Sorkheh in Semnan Province in northern Iran .
It is also closely related to Masanderan , Persian, and the extinct Parthian .
Differences from other Semnani dialects
German | Sorkhei | Lasgerdi | Sangsari | Aftari | Biyabunaki |
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dog | esbā | esbe | esbe | espa | esba |
girl | dukkey | dot | döt | dut | dut |
Blud | xün | xün | |||
Large | masīn | masīn | mas / yale | masīn | |
nose | ven | vinī | xunī | vinī | vēnī |
snow | vār | var | varf | var | |
moon | mūng | māye | |||
woman | žiki | žaki | žekeyn | džek | džinakā |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sorkhei - Ethnologue. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Glottolog 4.1 - Sorkhei. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .