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Khunsaric

Khunsaric is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Khunsaric · 36.7°N 49.4°E

Khunsari dialect (Persian: گویش خوانساری) is a Central dialect within the Northwestern Iranian languages, spoken in Khansar, a town in the west of Isfahan province of Iran. Some of the oldest isoglosses include the development of Aryan palatals to fricatives: OIr. *dz > z: mossar "big", kissar "small", heze "yesterday", zun- "know", zumā "son-in-law" (but yešt "ugly" < SW *a-dushta-, cf. NPers. zesht < NW *a-zushta- "unloved"); *tsw > sp: isba, espa "dog" (< Median spaka-), espid "white", ešpiž "louse".

From Wikipedia · Khunsari language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Khunsaric

MeaningWordRomanization
personaxe*
eyeCam*
nosedomaq*
tongueozon*
bloodxun*
kneezani*
watero*
sunafto*
starEstare*
leafvalk*
nightSe*
dogkuE*
louseeSpeS*
oneyak*
twodo*
Imon*
youto*
wehama*
seevin*
diemir*
comeema*
pathjade*
newno*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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