Koroshi dialect

For other uses, see Koroshi.

Koroshi (Koroshi: کوروشی, Balochi: کوروٚشی) is a Balochi dialect.^[2] The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was estimated to be 1000 in 2006.^[1] According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speakers within 40 to 50 families.^[3] Entirely isolated from the main body of the Baloch habitat, Koroshi distinguishes itself in grammar and lexicon among Balochi varieties.^[4]

Koroshi
کوروشی
Native to	Iran
Native speakers	1000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Balochi Koroshi
Writing system	Persian alphabet
Official status
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ktl
Glottolog	koro1296
ELP	Koroshi

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

• voiced dental fricative: ð, like in 'sað' (hundred).
• voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'maɣz' (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, qašang blood hun Hòn ھۏن xun bread nagan nagan, nàn nân bring ârag àrag âvardan brother berâd bràt, bràs barâdar come akkag á ag âmadan cry girrag grèwag geriyeh dark târik tahàr târik daughter jānek menď, janek doxtar day roč ròc ruz do kanag kanag kardan door dar gelo, dar, darwàzag dar die merag merag mordan donkey kar har xar egg heyx haik/hayk toxme morq earth dogâr zomin, ďagàr zamin, zemin eye čām čham, čamm čašm father bovâ(y) pet, pes pedar, bâbâ fear tors tors tars fiancé numzâð deštàr/ještàr nâmzad fine xoš, xâš waš xoš finger pinja lankotk, mòrdànag angošt fire âs âč, âs âtaš, âzar fish mâhin màhig mâhi food / eat xorâk / varag warag, varàk qazâ, xorâk / xordan four čâr càr čahâr, čâr go ravag rawag raftan god xoðâ hodà, hàwand xodâ good xūb jowàn,šarr,geh xub great čoqqor master bozorg, gonde, gat hand das dast dast

English Koroshi Balochi Persian (Unipers) head sar, kalla sar sar, kalle heart del dil, hatyr, zerd del, dil horse asp asp asb, astar house log log, gis xâne language (Also Tongue) zebân zevân, zobân zabân laugh kannag khendeg, hendeg,kandag 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 wánag xândan say gašag gushag 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, borz 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?	اے چی‌ئے؟	این چیست؟ / en či-ye?
Where is Ali?	ali ko-yen?	ئَلی کۏ اِنت؟/ئلی کجا اِنت؟	علی کجاست؟ - ali ku?
This horse is white.	i asp esbiyeð-en.	ای سُپݔتݔن/اِسپݔتݔن اسپ اِنتٚ	.این اسب سفید است - en/in asb sefid-e
They say he works ten hours a day.	maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a.	آ گُش اَنت رۏچے دہ ساھَت کارءَ کَنت	.میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند - ânhâ migan, ke ū(n) dah soat dar rūz kar mikonê.
I have two small brothers and sisters.	do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om.	منا دو كسانݔن برات ءُ گوٚھار ھہ۔	.دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم - do tâ doxtar va baradâr daram
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.	اگہ تؤ یک برے آ مردمانء جاھا بہ روئ ھچبر آیانء مھمانداری‌ئا نہ شمۏش اݔت؟	.اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد - agar faqat ye(k) bar be deh e ishân beri, tu mehmânnvaziye mardom o yâdet nemirê.
Who called me?	kayad manâ ganki jad?	کئ‌ئا منا گوانک جَت؟	چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ - ki manô sedâ kard?

See also

• Dialects of Fars
• Northwestern Iranian languages
• Iranian languages

References

1. Salami, A., 1385 AP / 2006 AD. Ganjineye guyeššenâsiye Fârs (The treasury of the dialectology of Fars). Third Volume, The academy of Persian language and literature. Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 964-7531-54-0 (in Persian)
2. Ethnologue report for Southwestern Iranian languages
3. Ethnologue Languages of the world, Koroshi
4. Borjian, H. “The Balochi Dialect of the Korosh,” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hung. Volume 67 (4), 453–465 (2014) DOI: 10.1556/AOrient.67.2014.4.4. .