Koroshi dialect

For other uses, see Koroshi.

Koroshi
کوروشی
Spoken in	Iran
Region	Middle East
Native speakers	ca. 1000  (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Koroshi
Official status
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ktl

The Koroshi dialect (Balochi: کوروشی), is a Northwestern Iranian language. The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was roughly estimated to be 1000 in 2006.

Phonology

The transcription used here is only an approximation:

Vowels

• short: â, a, e, i, o, u
• long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

Consonants

• fricative: ð, like in, 'sað' (hundred).
• voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'maγz' (copula).
• alveolar trill: like in 'arra' (saw, the hand tool).
• palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'heykal' (body) and 'merzeng' (eyelash).

Grammar

Verbs

• Infinitive markers: -ag ('g' is palatal here).

Nouns

• The suffixes "-yok" and "-â" make nouns definite. Examples:

golâbi (pear) → golâbi-yok (the pear)
bâmard (man) → bâmard-â (the man)

• The indefinite marker is "i". Example:

čok (child) → čokk-i (a child)

• The plural is marked by the suffixes "-gal" and "obâr" . Examples:

mardin (man) → mardin-gal (men)
sib (apple) → sib-obâr (apples)

• Adjectives are placed before nouns. Examples:

siyâhayn angur (black grape)
qašanguveyn pirâhâm (beautiful shirt)

Vocabulary

English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers) beautiful qašang sharr, soherâ zibâ, xoščehre blood hun hun xun bread nagan nagan, nân nân bring ârag ârag âvardan brother berâd barādar, berāt barâdar come akkag áhag, âmadan âmadan cry girrag geriwag geristan dark târik thár târik daughter jānek mind, jānek doxtar day roč roshe, roč ruz do kanag kanag kardan door dar gelo, dar dar die merag mireg mordan donkey kar her xar egg heyx heyg toxme morq earth dogâr zemin, dagâr zamin eye čām čhem, čem čašm father bovâ(y) pyt, abbâ pedar, bâbâ fear tors terseg tars fiancé numzâð nāmzād nâmzad fine xoš, xâš hosh xoš finger pinja lenkwk, mordâneg angošt fire âs âč, âs âtaš, âzar fish mâhin mâhi mâhi food / eat xorâk/ varag warag, vereg qazâ, xorâk / xordan four čâr č(y)ār čahâr go ravag jwzzegh, ravag raftan god xoðâ hwdâ xodâ good xūb jawáin, šarr xub great čoqqor mastar bozorg, gonde, gat hand das dast dast

English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers) head sar, kalla sar sar, kalle heart del dil, hatyr, zerd del, qalb horse asp asp asb, astar house log log xâne language (Also Tongue) zebân zevân, zobân zabân laugh kannag khendeg, hendeg xandidan man mardin, bâmard merdin mard moon mā máh mâh mother doyi mât, mâs mâdar, mâmân mouth daf dap, daf dahân name num num nâm night šaf shaw, šap šab open vâz kanag pač kanag vâkardan, bâz kardan peace sōl ârâm âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi, solh place jâ hend, jâ jâ read vânag wánaq xândan say gašag gushaq goftan, gap zadan scratch karânag kičaenag xârândan sister gâhâr, daða gwhâr xâhar small kassân, kam lekem, kassân kucak, kam, xord son bač pisar, phussag, bač pesar, pur, bacce tall bolan bwrz boland , bârez, derâz three sa se se water âf âf, âp âb, ow weave gâfag gwapag bâftan when kad ked key wind gâd gwáth bâd woman jan jan zan yesterday zi zí diruz, di

Example Sentences

English	Koroshi	Balochi	Persian
What is this?	i či-yen?	ای چی اِن	این چیست؟
Where is Ali?	ali ko-yen?	علی کواِن، علی کجا اِن	علی کجاست؟
This horse is white.	i asp esbiyeð-en.	ای اسپیتیں اسپ اِن	.این اسب سفید است
They say he works ten hours a day.	maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a.	آ گشنت روچی دہ سائت کار کنت	.میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند
I have two small brothers and sisters.	do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om.	?	.دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم
If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people.	aga faqat ya dafâ ba âšâni dâhâ rafayado âšâni mehmândâriyâ hič vaxt yâdo anaraft.	?	.اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد
Who called me?	kayad manâ ganki jad?	کیا منا گوانک جت	چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟

See also

• Dialects of Fars
• Northwestern Iranian languages
• Iranian languages