The Extinct Dialect of Tajrish: Caspian or Persian?
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Once spoken in the Alborz foothills north of Tehran, the vernacular of Shemirān and its administrative center Tajrish was greatly influenced by the Caspian languages spoken northward across the Alborz range, in its valleys and in the Caspian littoral. This study of Tajrishi draws on the texts collected by Valentin Zhukovskii in the 1880s as well as two recent documentations of smaller size. It reveals that Tajrishi and the adjoining vernaculars constitute the southernmost part of the Caspian-Persian linguistic transition zone in Central Alborz.
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The Extinct Dialect of Tajrish: Caspian or Persian?
In: Journal of Persianate StudiesSearch for other papers by Habib Borjian in
Current site
Google Scholar
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Abstract
Once spoken in the Alborz foothills north of Tehran, the vernacular of Shemirān and its administrative center Tajrish was greatly influenced by the Caspian languages spoken northward across the Alborz range, in its valleys and in the Caspian littoral. This study of Tajrishi draws on the texts collected by Valentin Zhukovskii in the 1880s as well as two recent documentations of smaller size. It reveals that Tajrishi and the adjoining vernaculars constitute the southernmost part of the Caspian-Persian linguistic transition zone in Central Alborz.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 242 | 76 | 2 |
| Full Text Views | 78 | 1 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 22 | 1 | 1 |