The Vowel System of Jewish Bukharan Tajik: With Special Reference to the Tajik Vowel Chain Shift
Journal: Journal of Jewish Languages
Year: 2017

The present article describes the vowel chain shift that occurred in the variety of Tajik spoken by Jewish residents in Bukhara. It identifies the chain shift as constituting of an intermediate stage of the Northern Tajik chain shift and accordingly tentatively concludes that in the Northern Tajik chain shift Early New Persian ā shifted before ō did, shedding light on the process whereby the present-day Tajik vowel system was established. The article is divided into three parts. The first provid