Isfahan dialect

E573861

The Isfahan dialect is a regional variety of Persian spoken in and around the city of Isfahan, known for its distinctive pronunciation and vocabulary within the broader Western Persian continuum.

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Label Occurrences
Isfahan dialect canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Persian
associatedWith Isfahani people NERFINISHED
belongsTo Western Persian dialect continuum NERFINISHED
closeTo Kashani dialect NERFINISHED
Tehrani Persian NERFINISHED
Yazdi dialect NERFINISHED
contrastWith formal written Persian
country Iran
culturalRole marker of Isfahani identity
part of local oral tradition
hasCharacteristic distinctive pronunciation
distinctive vocabulary
lexical differences from Standard Persian
morphological differences from Standard Persian
phonological differences from Standard Persian
regional accent of Persian
hasFeature distinct intonation patterns
local idioms specific to Isfahan
regional slang
hasStatus primarily spoken
unstandardized
influencedBy Standard Persian NERFINISHED
neighboring central Iranian dialects
languageCodeStatus has no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
partOf Persian language NERFINISHED
regionType urban dialect
scriptDirection right-to-left
spokenIn Isfahan NERFINISHED
Isfahan Province NERFINISHED
central Iran
standardLanguage Standard Persian NERFINISHED
subclassOf Iranian Persian dialect
Western Persian NERFINISHED
usedBy Isfahan urban population
native residents of Isfahan
usedIn everyday conversation in Isfahan
informal communication
local media in Isfahan
writingSystem Arabic script
Persian alphabet

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Western Persian hasMajorDialect Isfahan dialect