Khunsari language
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| Khunsari | |
|---|---|
| Khwanshari | |
| Native to | Iran |
Native speakers | 21,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfm |
Khunsari dialect is a Central dialect within the South Median branch of Northwestern Iranian languages, spoken in Khansar, a town in the west of Isfahan Province of Iran. Some of the oldest isoglosses include the development of Aryan palatals to fricatives: OIr. *dz > z: mossar “big”, kissar “small”, heze “yesterday”, zun- “know”, zumā “son-in-law” (but yešt “ugly” < SW *a-dushta-, cf. NPers. zesht < NW *a-zushta- “ungeliebt”); *tsw > sp: isba, espa “dog” (< Median spaka-), espid “white”, ešpiž “louse”.
References
- ↑ Khunsari reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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