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Koroshi (Koroshi: کوروشی)(Balochi: کوروٚشی), is a Balochi dialect.[2] The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was estimated to be 1000 in 2006.[3] According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speakers within 40 to 50 families.[4] Entirely isolated from the main body of the Baloch habitat, Koroshi distinguishes itself in grammar and lexicon among Balochi varieties.[5]

Koroshi
کوروشی
Native to	Iran
Native speakers	(undated figure of 160–200 = 40–50 families)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern II Balochi Koroshi
Writing system	Persian alphabet
Official status
Regulated by	Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ktl
Glottolog	koro1296
ELP	Koroshi

Phonology

The transcription used here is only an approximation:

Vowels

• short: â, a, e, i, o, u
• long: â:, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū

Consonants

• voiced dental fricative: ð, like in 'sað' (hundred).
• voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'maɣz' (copula).
• alveolar trill: like in 'arra' (saw, the hand tool).
• palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'heykal' (body) and 'merzeng' (eyelash).

Grammar

Verbs

• Infinitive markers: -ag ('g' is palatal here).

Nouns

• The suffixes "-yok" and "-â" make nouns definite. Examples:

golâbi (pear) → golâbi-yok (the pear)
bâmard (man) → bâmard-â (the man)

• The indefinite marker is "i". Example:

čok (child) → čokk-i (a child)

• The plural is marked by the suffixes "-gal" and "obâr" . Examples:

mardin (man) → mardin-gal (men)
sib (apple) → sib-obâr (apples)

• Adjectives are placed before nouns. Examples:

siyâhayn angur (black grape)
qašanguveyn pirâhâm (beautiful shirt)

Vocabulary

Example sentences

English	Koroshi	Balochi	Persian
What is this?	i či-yen?	اے چی‌ئے؟	این چیست؟ / en či-ye?
Where is Ali?	ali ko-yen?	ئَلی کۏ اِنت؟/ئلی کجا اِنت؟	علی کجاست؟ - ali ku?
This horse is white.	i asp esbiyeð-en.	ای سُپݔتݔن/اِسپݔتݔن اسپ اِنتٚ	.این اسب سفید است - en/in asb sefid-e
They say he works ten hours a day.	maya šey-ant rōč-i dah sâat kâr makan-a.	آ گُش اَنت رۏچے دہ ساھَت کارءَ کَنت	.میگویند روزی ده ساعت کار میکند - ânhâ migan, ke ū(n) dah soat dar rūz kar mikonê.
I have two small brothers and sisters.	do tâ kâkâ(berâd) vo gâhâr-e kassân assen-om.	منا دو كسانݔن برات ءُ گوٚھار ھہ۔	.دو برادر و خواهر کوچک دارم - do tâ doxtar va baradâr daram
If you will go just once to their village, you won't forget the hospitality of its people.	aga faqat ya dafâ ba âšâni dâhâ rafayado âšâni mehmândâriyâ hič vaxt yâdo anaraft.	اگہ تؤ یک برے آ مردمانء جاھا بہ روئ ھچبر آیانء مھمانداری‌ئا نہ شمۏش اݔت؟	.اگر تنها یکبار به ده آنها رفته باشی، مهمان‌نوازی مردم آنجا را هرگز از یاد نخواهی برد - agar faqat ye(k) bar be deh e ishân beri, tu mehmânnvaziye mardom o yâdet nemirê.
Who called me?	kayad manâ ganki jad?	کئ‌ئا منا گوانک جَت؟	چه کسی مرا صدا زد؟ - ki manô sedâ kard?

See also

• Dialects of Fars
• Northwestern Iranian languages
• Iranian languages

References

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