Dezfuli (local names: دزفولی, dezfuli, or دسفیلی, desfili) is a Persian dialect spoken in Dezful in the province of Khuzestan in Iran. It constitutes a language with the Shushtari dialect, which is spoken in Shushtar, the adjacent city. The people from Dezful are often called Dezfuli, Dezfooli, or Dezfulian. The main difference between Dezfuli and Shushtari is in vowel pronunciation.
| Dezfuli | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Khuzestan |
Native speakers | (undated figure of Very few)[1] |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | def |
| Glottolog | dezf1238 |
Personal pronouns
edit| Person | Dezfuli | Shushtari | Standard Persian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | mo | mo | man |
| 2nd singular | to | to | to |
| 3rd singular | ū | ū | ū |
| 1st plural | omù | amā | mā |
| 2nd plural | šomù | šamā | šomā |
| 3rd plural | ūšù | ūšù | īšān (honorary), ānhā (standard) |
References
edit- ^ Dezfuli at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
External links
edit- Colin MacKinnon, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dezful-03-dialect
- Encyclopædia Iranica https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dezful-03-dialect
