Tabriz dialect

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Tabriz dialect is a prominent regional variety of the Azerbaijani language spoken in and around the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, known for its distinctive phonetic and lexical features.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic language variety
dialect
regional variety of Azerbaijani
closeTo Maragheh dialect of Azerbaijani
Urmia dialect
surface form: Urmia dialect of Azerbaijani
country Iran
differsFrom Baku dialect of Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani language
surface form: North Azerbaijani standard language
educationStatus not official medium of instruction in Iranian schools
hasCulturalRole marker of local identity in Tabriz
medium of local humor and satire
vehicle for regional music and folk songs
hasFeature code-switching with Persian in bilingual speakers
distinct intonation patterns compared to other Azerbaijani dialects
phonological reduction in colloquial speech
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Arabic via Persian
loanwords from Persian
regional vocabulary specific to Tabriz and surroundings
hasPhoneticFeature distinctive vowel quality compared to standard Azerbaijani
specific consonant realizations differing from Baku Azerbaijani
hasStatus major urban dialect of South Azerbaijani
prestige variety within Iranian Azerbaijani communities
influencedBy Persian language
Azerbaijani language
surface form: Standard Azerbaijani

local Iranian languages
isSpokenBy Azerbaijani people in Tabriz
surrounding rural communities near Tabriz
urban population of Tabriz
languageBranch Oghuz Turkic language
surface form: Oghuz languages
languageFamily Turkic languages
partOf Azerbaijani language
surface form: South Azerbaijani dialect continuum
region Iranian Azerbaijan
surface form: Azerbaijan region of Iran

Iranian Azerbaijan
relatedTo Turkish language
Turkmen language
spokenIn East Azerbaijan Province
Tabriz
northwestern Iran
standardizationStatus not fully standardized in written form
subclassOf Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani language
surface form: South Azerbaijani
usedBy Azerbaijani-speaking intellectuals in Tabriz
traders and merchants in Tabriz bazaar
usedIn everyday communication in Tabriz
local media in Tabriz
oral literature of Iranian Azerbaijan
usesScriptVariant Perso-Arabic script
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
surface form: Persian alphabet

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Azerbaijani language hasDialect Tabriz dialect