Sonqori, also known as Sonqori Turkic, is a dialect of Southern Oghuz Turkic[2] spoken in Sonqor (Sunqur), east of Kermānšāh, in a large valley separated from the rest of Kurdistan.[1] According to the Encyclopædia Iranica, Sonqori is one of noteworthy Southern Oghuz dialects of Iran alongside Qashqai and Äynallu.[1] The Encyclopædia Iranica notes that K. H. Menges had already characterized Sonqori, together with Qashqai and Äynallu, as a transitional form between Azerbaijani and Khorasani Turkic.[1] Ethnologue lists it as a dialect of the South Azerbaijani language.[3]
| Sonqori | |
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| سؤنقؤر دیلی | |
| Native to | Iran |
| Region | Sonqor County |
Native speakers | about 40,000 |
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| ISO 639-3 | (included in azb) |
| Glottolog | sonq1234 |
Knowledge of the dialect was scant prior to the expeditions of the University of Göttingen.[1]
About 40,000 speakers of Sonqori exist in the Sonqor area.[4]
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| Plosive | p~pʰ | b~p | t~tʰ | d~t | k~kʰ | ɡ~k | q~ɢ | |||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ/t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ/t͡ʃ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v~w | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
| Flap | r~ɾ | |||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
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| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
| Mid | e | ø | o | |
| Open | æ | ɑ | ɒ | |
Next to Qašqāʾi and Äynallu, Sonqori is worth mentioning as another dialect of the Southern-Oghuz group.
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