Dezfuli dialect explained

Dezfuli
States:Iran
Region:Khuzestan
Speakers:Very few
Date:no date
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Iranian
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Southwestern
Fam6:Persid
Fam7:Dezfuli-Shushtari
Iso3:def
Glotto:dezf1238
Glottorefname:Dezfuli-Shushtari

Dezfuli (local names: دزفولی, dezfuli, or دسفیلی, desfili) is a Persian dialect spoken in Dezful in the province of Khuzestan in Iran. It constitutes a language with the Shushtari dialect, which is spoken in Shushtar, the adjacent city. The people from Dezful are often called Dezfuli, Dezfooli, or Dezfulian. The main difference between Dezfuli and Shushtari is in vowel pronunciation.

Personal pronouns

Person Dezfuli Shushtari Standard Persian
1st singular mo mo man
2nd singular to to to
3rd singular ū ū ū
1st plural omù amā
2nd plural šomù šamā šomā
3rd plural ūšù ūšù īšān (honorary), ānhā (standard)

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