Shushtari dialect explained

Shushtari
States:Iran
Region:Khuzestan
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Iranian
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Southwestern
Fam6:Persid
Fam7:Dezfuli-Shushtari
Glotto:shus1253
Glottorefname:Shushtari

Shushtari (Persian: شوشتری [ʃuʃtæri]) is a Persian dialect spoken in and around the city of Shushtar in Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran. It constitutes a language with the Dezfuli dialect, which is spoken in Dezful, the adjacent city. The main difference between Dezfuli and Shushtari is in vowel pronunciation.[1] [2]

Personal pronouns

Person Shushtari Dezfuli Standard Persian
1st singular mo mo: man
2nd singular to to: to
3rd singular ū ù ū
1st plural amā o:mù
2nd plural šamā šomù šomā
3rd plural ūšū ùšù īšān (honorary), ānhā (standard)

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20201118190103/https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dezful-03-dialect, Shushtari and Dezfuli Dialects
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20201119013124/https://iranicaonline.org/articles/khuzestan-08-dialects, Khuzestan Dialects, Encyclopedia Iranica