In this article we are going to explore the fascinating world of Afshar dialect, a topic that has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. From its impact on society to its possible future implications, Afshar dialect has generated debates, research and endless conflicting opinions. Throughout these pages, we will delve into its history, explore its different facets, and examine its relevance today. Whether you are familiar with Afshar dialect or are discovering its importance for the first time, this article invites you to reflect on a topic that undoubtedly continues to leave its mark on our society.
Afshar | |
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افشر, Əfşar | |
Native to | Turkey, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan |
Ethnicity | Afshar people |
Native speakers | More than 6 million |
Turkic
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Dialects | |
Perso-Arabic script, Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in South Azerbaijani ) |
Glottolog | afsh1238 |
Afshar or Afshari (Azerbaijani: Əfşar dialekti) is a Turkic dialect spoken in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and parts of Afghanistan by the Afshars. Ethnologue and Glottolog list it as a dialect of the South Azerbaijani language. The Encyclopædia Iranica lists it as a separate Southern Oghuz language.
According to the third edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam:
Linguistically, Afshārī is classified as a dialect belonging to the South Oghuz group of Turkic languages (southwestern branch of Turkic) (Johanson, History of Turkic, 82–3), or else as a dialect of South Azerbaijani (Azeri). As they were embedded in a Fārsī-speaking environment, however, in many cases Fārsī became the mother tongue of the Afshārs. Other groups became bilingual (as in Kirmān). Additionally, the contact between the different languages seems to have transformed the original dialect (cf. Johanson, Discoveries, 14–6). In 2009 a linguistic comparison of different Afshār groups remains outstanding.
Afshar is distinguished by many loanwords from Persian and a rounding of the phoneme /a/ to , as occurred in Uzbek. In many cases, vowels that are rounded in Azerbaijani are not rounded in Afshar. An example of this is /jiz/ (meaning 100), which is /jyz/ in standard Azerbaijani.
1.4. Southern-Oghuz. 1.4.1. Afšār. The Afšār language was once spoken in a wide area in western and southwestern Persia from Kermānšāh to the shores of the Persian Gulf.