# Koroshi dialect

Koroshi (Koroshi: کوروشی, Balochi: کوروٚشی) is a Balochi dialect. The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was estimated to be 1000 in 2006. According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speakers within 40 to 50 families.
Entirely isolated from the main body of the Baloch habitat, Koroshi distinguishes itself in grammar and lexicon among Balochi varieties.

## Phonology

The transcription used here is only an approximation:

### Vowels

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

### Consonants

* voiced dental fricative: ð, like in 'sað' (hundred).
* voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'maɣz' (copula).
* alveolar trill: like in 'arra' (saw, the hand tool).
* palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'heykal' (body) and 'merzeng' (eyelash).

## Grammar
### Verbs

* Infinitive markers: -ag ('g' is palatal here).

### Nouns

* The suffixes "-yok" and "-â" make nouns definite. Examples:
golâbi (pear) → golâbi-yok (the pear) bâmard (man) → bâmard-â (the man)
* The indefinite marker is "i". Example:
čok (child) → čokk-i (a child)
* The plural is marked by the suffixes "-gal" and "obâr" . Examples:
mardin (man) → mardin-gal (men) sib (apple) → sib-obâr (apples)
* Adjectives are placed before nouns. Examples:
siyâhayn angur (black grape) qašanguveyn pirâhâm (beautiful shirt)

## Vocabulary

| English | Koroshi | Balochi | Persian (Unipers) |
| beautiful | qašang | sharr, soherâ | zibâ, xoščehre, qašang |
| blood | hun | Hòn ھۏن | xun |
| bread | nagan | nagan, nàn | nân |
| bring | ârag | àrag | âvardan |
| brother | berâd | bràt, bràs | barâdar |
| come | akkag | á ag | âmadan |
| cry | girrag | grèwag | geriyeh |
| dark | târik | tahàr | târik |
| daughter | jānek | menď, janek | doxtar |
| day | roč | ròc | ruz |
| do | kanag | kanag | kardan |
| door | dar | gelo, dar, darwàzag | dar |
| die | merag | merag | mordan |
| donkey | kar | har | xar |
| egg | heyx | haik/hayk | toxme morq |
| earth | dogâr | zomin, ďagàr | zamin, zemin |
| eye | čām | čham, čamm | čašm |
| father | bovâ(y) | pet, pes | pedar, bâbâ |
| fear | tors | tors | tars |
| fiancé | numzâð | deštàr/ještàr | nâmzad |
| fine | xoš, xâš | waš | xoš |
| finger | pinja | lankotk, mòrdànag | angošt |
| fire | âs | âč, âs | âtaš, âzar |
| fish | mâhin | màhig | mâhi |
| food / eat | xorâk / varag | warag, varàk | qazâ, xorâk / xordan |
| four | čâr | càr | čahâr, čâr |
| go | ravag | rawag | raftan |
| god | xoðâ | hodà, hàwand | xodâ |
| good | xūb | jowàn,šarr,geh | xub |
| great | čoqqor | master | bozorg, gonde, gat |
| hand | das | dast | dast |
| English | Koroshi | Balochi | Persian (Unipers) |
| head | sar, kalla | sar | sar, kalle |
| heart | del | dil, hatyr, zerd | del, dil |
| horse | asp | asp | asb, astar |
| house | log | log, gis | xâne |
| language (Also Tongue) | zebân | zevân, zobân | zabân |
| laugh | kannag | khendeg, hendeg,kandag | xandidan |
| man | mardin, bâmard | merdin | mard |
| moon | mā | máh | mâh |
| mother | doyi | mât, mâs | mâdar, mâmân |
| mouth | daf | dap, daf | dahân |
| name | num | num | nâm |
| night | šaf | shaw, šap | šab |
| open | vâz kanag | pač kanag | vâkardan, bâz kardan |
| peace | sōl | ârâm | âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi, solh |
| place | jâ | hend, jâ | jâ |
| read | vânag | wánag | xândan |
| say | gašag | gushag | goftan, gap zadan |
| scratch | karânag | kičaenag | xârândan |
| sister | gâhâr, daða | gwhâr | xâhar |
| small | kassân, kam | lekem, kassân | kucak, kam, xord |
| son | bač | pisar, phussag, bač | pesar, pur, bacce |
| tall | bolan | bwrz | boland, bârez, derâz, borz |
| three | sa | se | se |
| water | âf | âf, âp | âb, ow |
| weave | gâfag | gwapag | bâftan |
| when | kad | ked | key |
| wind | gâd | gwáth | bâd |
| woman | jan | jan | zan |
| yesterday | zi | zí | diruz, di |

## Example sentences

| English | Koroshi | Balochi | Persian |
| What is this? | i či-yen? | اے چی‌ئے؟ | این چیست؟ / en či-ye? |
| Where is Ali? | ali ko-yen? | ئَلی کۏ اِنت؟/ئلی کجا اِنت؟ | علی کجاست؟ - ali ku? |
| This horse is white. | i asp esbiyeð-en. | ای سُپݔتݔن/اِسپݔتݔن اسپ اِنتٚ | .این اسب سفید است - en/in asb sefid-e |
| They say he works ten hours a day. | maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a. | آ گُش اَنت رۏچے دہ ساھَت کارءَ کَنت | .میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند - ânhâ migan, ke ū(n) dah soat dar rūz kar mikonê. |
| I have two small brothers and sisters. | do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om. | منا دو كسانݔن برات ءُ گوٚھار ھہ۔ | .دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم - do tâ doxtar va baradâr daram |
| If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people. | aga faqat ya dafâ ba âšâni dâhâ rafayado âšâni mehmândâriyâ hič vaxt yâdo anaraft. | اگہ تؤ یک برے آ مردمانء جاھا بہ روئ ھچبر آیانء مھمانداری‌ئا نہ شمۏش اݔت؟ | .اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد - agar faqat ye(k) bar be deh e ishân beri, tu mehmânnvaziye mardom o yâdet nemirê. |
| Who called me? | kayad manâ ganki jad? | کئ‌ئا منا گوانک جَت؟ | چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ - ki manô sedâ kard? |