Achomi language

Lari (Persian: لاری), also known as Khodmoni (Persian: خودمونی) Larestani ,[4] is an Iranian language spoken in the south of Iran, mostly in Fars Province by people of south of Fars, a Shia and Sunni Persian ethnic group[5][6][7][8] Cities that speak this dialect include Lar, Gerash, Juyom, Evaz, Khonj, Bastak, Khour, Kowreh, Fedagh, Fishvar, along with many others. The language is mainly spoken by the Achomi people, but also by some Huwala. The majority of Larestani people are Sunni Muslims.

Achomi
Khodmoni, Larestani,
لاری
Native toIran , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Oman , Qatar
RegionFars Province, Larestan County, Bastak County, Khonj County, Gerash County, Evaz County, Bolgho County, Fishvar County
Native speakers
Unofficial statistics:

3,000,000

As Lari's accent:210,000 (2016)[1]
Achomic, Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lrl
Glottologlari1253[3]

History

The Lari language can be considered a descendant of the Sassanid Persian language or Middle Persian.[9]

Larestani language and its various local dialects such as Lari, Evazi, Khonji, Gerashi, Bastaki, etc., is the branch of the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) language of the Sassanid Empire.

In Eastern Arabia (Arab states of the Persian Gulf)

Iranian people who have migrated from southern Iran to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf at the early 20th century still speak this language in their homes, however, this variety has been somewhat influenced by the Arabic language.

Etymology

Speakers of Lari dialects in Iran that come from different towns might also find some variations in some words and may differ slightly in grammar and particularly in accent. Hence, if the speaker is from Evaz, they are referred as speaking Evazi, and if they are from Bastak their dialect is known as Bastaki.[4]

The Larestani language of the Southwestern Pars Province and parts of the Hormozgan Province has many local dialects such as Lari, Gerashi, Evazi, Khonji, Bastaki, etc. With the exception of the regional accent, pronunciation of certain words, and a slight variation in grammar, this old language has been the common language of the Southwestern Pars Province and parts of Hormozgan Province for nearly 1,800 years despite the various conquests of the region since the fall of the Sassanid Empire.

Accents and variations of Lari

Since the Larestan region is widespread, there are different Lari accents and some slight differences in grammar. For example, in some places people say raftom for "I went" (very similar to the Persian raftam), but in some other places like Lar people say chedem instead (Kurdish: dichim or dechim).

Examples of Lari (bedeshare accent)

Verbs

To make simple past verbs

The ids (om / ot / osh / mo / tosho) + The simple past root of the first type

Example:

Omgot: I said

oshbu: win

Tokha: You ate

And ...

The root of the past simple second type + ids (am / esh / ruleless / em / eh / et) Example:

Chedam: a to be shortened! I went

Khatesh: Sleep

bodem: we got

And...

Passive

To create a passive verb in past tense we can use the verb root plus its proper prefix. For example, in Lari (Larestani), the root for the verb "to tell" is got (gota equals "tell").

omgot (om+got), Kurdish (migot or min got) = I told ...

otgot (om+got), Kurdish (tugot or tegot) = You told...

oshgot (osh+got), Kurdish (wigot) = He told...

mogot (mo+got), Kurdish (megot) = We told...

togot (to+got), Kurdish pl (wegot) = You (pl) told

shogot (sho+got), Kurdish (wa-n got) = They told

Another example: "deda" means "see," and "dee" Kurdish (Deed or dee) is the root verb. So:

omdee = I saw, Kurdish (mideed, midee, min deed, min dee)

otdee= you saw, Kurdish (tu-te dee)....

To create a simple present or continued present tense of a passive verb, here's another example:

agota'em (a+got+aem):I am telling...

agota'esh (a+got+aesh): You are telling...

agotay (a+got+ay): He is telling...

agota'am (a+got+a'am): We are telling...

agotay (a+got+ay): You (pl) are telling...

agota'en (a+got+a'en): They are telling...

For the verb "see" ("deda"):

adead'em, adeda'esh, adeaday,...

References

  1. Leclerc, J. (2016). Available at http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca (accessed 24 September 2016).
  2. "Ethnologue report for language code: lrl". Ethnologue.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lari". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Halkias, Daphne; Adendorff, Christian (2016-04-22). Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses: Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 9781317125952.
  5. "Larestani, Lari in Iran".
  6. "Larestani people of Iran". The Larestani people are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
  7. "Larestani". While most people in Iran are Shi’ite Muslims, the Larestani are Sunnis.
  8. Islamic Desk Reference. E. J. Van Donzel. p. 225.
  9. گويش مردم اوز. نسرين انصاف پور و محمد رفيع ضيايى 1396
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