Sonqori dialect
| Sonqori | |
|---|---|
| سؤنقؤر دیلی | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Sonqor County |
Native speakers | about 40,000 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in azb) |
| Glottolog | sonq1234 |
Sonqori, also known as Sonqori Turkic, is a dialect of Southern Oghuz Turkic[2] spoken in Sonqor (Sunqur), east of Kermānšāh, in a large valley separated from the rest of Kurdistan.[1] According to the Encyclopædia Iranica, Sonqori is one of noteworthy Southern Oghuz dialects of Iran alongside Qashqai and Äynallu.[1] The Encyclopædia Iranica notes that K. H. Menges had already characterized Sonqori, together with Qashqai and Äynallu, as a transitional form between Azerbaijani and Khorasani Turkic.[1] Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the South Azerbaijani language.[3]
Knowledge of the dialect was scant prior to the expeditions of the University of Göttingen.[1]
About 40,000 speakers of Sonqori exist in the Sonqor area.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Michael Knüppel, E. (2010) [2000]. "TURKIC LANGUAGES OF PERSIA: AN OVERVIEW". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- ^ Michael Knüppel, E. "TURKIC LANGUAGES OF PERSIA: AN OVERVIEW". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
Next to Qašqāʾi and Äynallu, Sonqori is worth mentioning as another dialect of the Southern-Oghuz group.
- ^ "Azerbaijani, South". Ethnologue. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Borjian, Habib (2017). "KERMANSHAH vii. LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS". Encyclopedia Iranica. XVI.
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