A Description of the Phonological Structure of Alimirzayee Dialect of Sarakhs

زبانشناسی و گویش های خراسان

Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 6, January 2013   

Document Type: علمی - پژ‍وهشی

DOI: 10.22067/lj.v4i6.20366

Authors

Mohammad Reza Pahlavannezhad^* ; Mahnaz Shahroodi

Abstract

The present article describes the common phonological features of linguistic varieties in 20 areas of Sarakhs city. One hundred linguistic forms were gathered through interviews and questionnaires. The subjects were mostly adults, farmers, illiterate people and villagers. The phonological processes observed in these varieties were: 1. assimilation of consonants and vowels ablauting, 2. addition of final vowel, 3. deletion of final consonant 4. alternation of /e/ , /o/,/ i/ to /a/ syllable-initially. Moreover the use of the allophones /q/, /ż / and /s/ in this language variety is observed