A New Approach to the Position of Khuri among Iranian Dialects

Khuri is a northwestern Iranian dialect, spoken in Khur and Biyabank region in the northeast of Isfahan province.The aim of this paper is to examine the position of this dialect among the Northwestern Iranian dialects and its relationship with them, by looking at certain features of its historical phonology and some lexical features. The findings from this paper show that Khurihas basic northwestern features. But in its later sound changes, Khurishares with Balochi and Kurdish. Some innovations which have occurred in later stages of Khuri is similar to that of Balochi and other dialects such as Bašgardi in Kerman and Sistan region. Lexical and Phonological features also show some relationships with southwestern dialects.