Malekshahi
E659422
Malekshahi is a dialect of Southern Kurdish spoken primarily by the Malekshahi Kurdish tribe in western Iran and parts of Iraq.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malekshahi canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Kurdish dialect
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ilami
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kermanshahi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Islamic Republic of Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | sociolinguistics of Kurdish ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable (shift toward Persian and Sorani in some areas) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | oblique case in certain contexts ⓘ |
| hasDialectalVariation | village-based subvarieties ⓘ |
| hasGender | natural gender distinctions in pronouns ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northwest Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageCodeStatus | no ISO 639-3 code (grouped under Southern Kurdish) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Zagros Mountains region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | fusional ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Kurdish dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personNumberMarking | agreement on verbs ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | distinction between aspirated and unaspirated stops ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
eastern Iraq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Ilam Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kermanshah Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdistan Region of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchStatus | underdescribed in linguistic literature ⓘ |
| script | Perso-Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesIsoglossesWith | other Southern Kurdish dialects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Malekshahi Kurdish tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | minority language variety ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Southern Kurdish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tenseAspectSystem | past vs non-past opposition ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication within Malekshahi tribe
ⓘ
oral tradition and folklore ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic-based Kurdish orthography ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.