| Basseri Persian | |
| Nativename: | باصری/باسری |
| States: | Iran |
| Region: | Pars |
| Ethnicity: | Basseri Persians |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3: | Iranian |
| Fam4: | Western |
| Fam5: | Southwestern |
| Fam6: | Persian |
| Fam7: | Iranian Persian |
| Fam8: | Southern Persian |
| Fam9: | Fars Persian |
| Glotto: | bass1257 |
| Map: | Basseri map in Iran.png |
| Mapcaption: | Distribution of Basseri people in Iran |
| Pronunciation: | Pārsi-e Bāseri |
Basseri dialect (Persian: گویش باصری) is a Persian dialect spoken in Fars province by the Basseri people.[1] It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages.[2] [3] Basseri dialect consists of many exclusive Persian words with Old and Middle Persian roots and less Arabic Loanwords, which is a consequence of living in the mountains, nomadism and less connection with urban Persians.[4]
Basseri dialect has 6 vowels including /æ/, /ɒ/, /o/, /e/, /i/, and /u:/; and also 4 diphthongs including /æi/, /ey/,/ow/, and /oy/.[5]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
Basseri Persian has 21 consonants, in contrast with Iranian Persian with 23 consonants. In this dialect, pronounced as /link/ is merged into pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ is merged into pronounced as /link/.[6]
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Affricate | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | x | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Flap or Tap | ||||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
Basseri dialect is spoken among the Basseries in central Fars Province. Counties like Abadeh, Eqlid, Pasargad, Jahrom, Marvdasht, Shiraz, Khorrambid, Larestan, and Sarvestan are among the traditional living range of the Basseri.[7]
Some words in Basseri dialect are similar to English words.[8]
| Basseri | English | standard Persian | st. Persian transcription | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Var | Wear | پوشیدن | Pušidan | |
| Jong | Young | جوان | Javān | |
| Pati | Empty | خالی | Xāli | |
| Babe | Baby | عزیزم | Azizam | |
| Babu | Baby | نوزاد | Nowzād | |
| Kap | Cap | کلاه | Kolāh | |
| Sol | Soil | خاک | Xāk | |
| Sekal | Skeleton | استخوان | Ostoxān |