Semnani language
| Semnani | |
|---|---|
| Semani zefön | |
| Region | Iran |
| Ethnicity | Semnani |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2007)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | smy |
| Glottolog | semn1249 |
| ELP | Semnani |
Semnani (Semnani: Semani zefön) is one of the local languages of the Semnan Province of Iran. The language belongs to the Northwestern Branch of the Western Iranian languages, and it is a descendant of the now extinct Parthian language. The Semnani language is often labeled as a dialect of Persian.[2]
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | |||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | q | ʔ | |||
| Affricate | tʃ dʒ | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | θ | s z | ʃ ʒ | x ɣ | h | ||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||||
| Trill | (r) | |||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w |
(Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Allophones are in parentheses.)
Grammar
Syntax
Subjects in Semnani must have gender agreement with the verb in their immediate clause.[3]
Notes
- ^ Semnani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lecoq, pg. 297
- ^ Rezapour, Ebrahim (2015). "Word order in Semnani language based on language typology". IQBQ. 6 (5): 169–190.
Bibliography
Pierre Lecoq. 1989. "Les dialectes caspiens et les dialectes du nord-ouest de l'Iran," Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Ed. Rüdiger Schmitt. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. Pages 296-314.
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