# Abduyi dialect

The Abduyi dialect (Kurdish: عبدویی, UniPers: Abduyi) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in the village of Abdui, which can be reached from Kazerun city in Southern Iran via the old Shiraz-Kazerun road after 36 kilometers. The number of households in the village was approximately 120 in 2004. Most researchers identify the dialect as Kurdish.

## Phonology

The transcription used here is an approximation.

### Vowels

short: â, a, e, i, o, u long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

### Consonants

* voiced dental fricative: ð, a sound near to English voiced "th", generally after vowels, like in 'taðuk' (cockroach).
* palatal stops: front 'g' and 'k', like in 'kačče' (chin) and girib (cry).
* voiced velar fricative: γ, like in 'jeγarek' (hailstone).
* alveolar trill: like in 'borre' (flail).

## Grammar
### Verbs

Infinitive markers: -san, -tan, -dan.

### Nouns

Stresses on different vowels make nouns definite or indefinite. Example: že (woman), tuhu (house). Definite: žení (the woman), tevedí (the house). Indefinite: žéni (a woman), tevédi (a house).
The plural is marked by the suffixes: -gal, -al, -u and -yu. Examples: sib (apple) → sib-yu (apples) morb (hen) → morb-u (hens) âdam (person) → âdam-gal (persons)

## Vocabulary

| English | Abduyi | Persian (Unipers) |
| beautiful | qašang | zibâ, qašang |
| blood | xin | xun |
| bread | nu | nân |
| bring | averdan | âvardan |
| brother | kâkâ | barâdar |
| come | ātan | âmadan |
| cry | gereyidan | geristan |
| dark | tarik | târik |
| daughter | dut | doxtar |
| day | ru | ruz |
| do | kerdan | kardan |
| door | der | dar |
| die | merdan | mordan |
| donkey | xar | xar |
| egg | xâg | toxme morgh |
| earth | zamin | zamin |
| eye | čām | čašm |
| father | bâvâ | pedar |
| fear | tars | tars |
| fiancé | numzad | nâmzad |
| fine | xoš | xoš |
| finger | penje | angošt |
| fire | teš, taš | âtaš, âzar |
| fish | mahi | mâhi |
| food / eat | γezâ/ xovârdan | ghezâ, xorâk / xordan |
| go | večedan | raftan |
| god | xodâ | xodâ |
| good | xub | xub |
| great | get | bozorg, gonde, gat |
| hand | das | dast |
| English | Abduyi | Persian (Unipers) |
| head | tel, ser | sar, kalle |
| heart | del | del, qalb |
| horse | asp | asb, astar |
| house | tuhu | xâne |
| language (Also Tongue) | zabun | zabân |
| laugh | xande kerdan | xandidan |
| man | merek | mard |
| moon | mâh | mâh |
| mother | dāni | mâdar, mâmân |
| mouth | kap | dahân |
| name | num | nâm |
| night | šô | šab |
| open | vâ kerdan | bâz kardan |
| peace | sōl | âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi |
| place | je | jâ |
| read | xondan | xândan |
| say | gotan | goftan, gap zadan |
| scratch | kavarondan | xârândan |
| sister | xeva, dâdâ | xâhar |
| small | xordek | kucak, xord |
| son | pos | pesar, pur, bacce |
| tall | derâz | boland, bârez, derâz |
| three | se | se |
| water | ô | âb, ow |
| weave | bâftan | bâftan |
| when | kay | key |
| wind | bâ | bâd |
| woman | že, ži | zan |
| yesterday | dede | diruz |

## Example sentences

| English | Abduyi | Persian | Unipers |
| What is this? | hena če-na? | این چیست؟ | In cist? |
| Where is Ali? | ali keve-ye? | علی کجاست؟ | Ali kojâst? |
| This horse is white. | he aspa safid-e. | .این اسب سفید است | In asb sefid ast. |
| They say he works ten hours a day. | temš-an ke reš-i dā sâa't kâr tekâ-t. | .میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند | Miguyand ruzi dah sâat kâr mikonad. |
| I have two small brothers and sisters. | dotto kâkâ ō dotto dâdâ-m hasta. | .دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم | Do barâdar va xâhare kucak dâram. |
| If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people. | ege faqat e kaše e deh-e evo večede pe hič vaxt mehmun-dâri-ye mardoman a eš yâdo-t vi neyčut. | .اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد | Agar tanhâ yekbâr be dehe ânhâ rafte bâši, mehmânnavâziye mardome ânjâ râ hargez az yâd naxâhid bord. |
| Who called me? | ke heyâ may ke? | چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ | Cekasi marâ sedâ zad? |