A Study of the Phonological System in Abadeh Dialect

Abstract:
The present study examines the phonological structure of Abade dialect Spoken in Abadeh, Fars Province. For this purpose, some elderly native speakers were interviewed and the notes and recorded materials were studied and analyzed carefully. As such, some questions regarding consonants and vowels of Abade dialect, phonological processes, and syllable structure were proposed and answered.
The findings reveal that there exist 23 consonants and 8 vowels in Abade dialect, which are the same as those of standard Farsi and so, are the intonation and the stress patterns of this dialect. There can be found some phonological processes in this dialect that make many words different from other dialects. Some of these processes are assimilation, dissimilation, epenthesis, deletion, metathesis, and sound alternation
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Iranian Regional Languages and Literature, Volume:4 Issue: 1, 2015
Pages:
1 to 28
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