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Gorani in its Historical and Linguistic Context

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Gorani refers to under-documented, endangered varieties spoken in a cluster within the Zagros mountains (Iran/Iraq). These varieties possess conservative features of importance to linguists. However, their study has been plagued by nomenclature and taxonomy issues. Traditional names for these languages have been supplanted first by orientalists‘ prescriptions and then by their linguist heirs. Inaccurate terminology has sewn discord between speaker communities, disturbing the sociolinguistic landscape. This volume represents the state of the art of Gorani’s historical and socio-linguistics, documentation, and literature, as well as an effort to aid the „decolonization“ of Gorani linguistics.

Contents:

  • Shuan Osman Karim & Saloumeh Gholami: Gorani in its historical and linguistic context
  • Saeed Karami & Saloumeh Gholami: Examining the structural differences and similarities between literary Gorani and Hawrami through the lens of diglossiaby
  • Parvin Mahmoudveysi: The Gūrānī variety of Bzɫāna and the literary language of Saydī
  • Hamidreza Nikravesh: Judeo-Gūrānī: Tracing the emergence of a literary corpus
  • Geoffrey Khan & Masoud Mohammadirad. Gorani influence on NENA
  • Shuan Osman Karim: Pattern borrowing/convergence in the Southern Kurdish Zone
  • Mohammad Rasekh-Mahand: The Laki of the Ahl-e Haqq community in Češin: Some morphosyntactic features
  • Mahîr Dogan: Problems in Zazakî nomenclature

Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI)

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The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) brings together insights from linguists in Iran and internationally, statistical and demographic publications by national agencies, and, foundationally, speakers of the many languages and dialects of the country. Rather than communicating a single view of Iran’s languages and dialects, the Atlas allows users to enrich their own perspectives on language distribution with location-based language data.

The searchable maps highlight patterns in the phonology (the sounds of language), morphosyntax (grammar) and lexicon (words) of Iran’s languages. Users can access, contribute and comment on language data, which are organized in reference to each of the country’s some 60,000 towns and cities.