Koroshi dialect
Koroshi is a Balochi dialect. The speakers of Koroshi live in scattered pockets in Southern Iranian Fars province. The number of speakers was estimated to be 1000 in 2006. According to Ethnologue the dialect has 180 speakers within 40 to 50 families.
Entirely isolated from the main body of the Baloch habitat, Koroshi distinguishes itself in grammar and lexicon among Balochi varieties.
Glottolog divides the Koroshi into two categories: Coastal Koroshi and ''Inland 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'.
- voiced velar fricative: ɣ, like in 'maɣz'.
- alveolar trill: like in 'arra'.
- palatal: 'g' and 'k', like in 'heykal' and 'merzeng'.
Grammar
Verbs
- Infinitive markers: -ag.
Nouns
- The suffixes "-yok" and "-â" make nouns definite. Examples:
bâmard → bâmard-â
- The indefinite marker is "i". Example:
- The plural is marked by the suffixes "-gal" and "obâr". Examples:
sib → sib-obâr
- Adjectives are placed before nouns. Examples:
qašanguveyn pirâhâm
Vocabulary
| English | Koroshi | Balochi | Persian |
| beautiful | qašang | sharr, soherâ | zibâ, xoščehre, qašang |
| blood | hun | Hòn ھۏن | xun |
| bread | nagan | nagan, nàn | nân |
| bring | ârag | àrag | âvardan |
| brother | berâd | bràt, bràs | barâdar |
| come | akkag | á ag | âmadan |
| cry | girrag | grèwag | geriyeh |
| dark | târik | tahàr | târik |
| daughter | jānek | menď, janek | doxtar |
| day | roč | ròc | ruz |
| do | kanag | kanag | kardan |
| door | dar | gelo, dar, darwàzag | dar |
| die | merag | merag | mordan |
| donkey | kar | har | xar |
| egg | heyx | haik/hayk | toxme morq |
| earth | dogâr | zomin, ďagàr | zamin, zemin |
| eye | čām | čham, čamm | čašm |
| father | bovâ | pet, pes | pedar, bâbâ |
| fear | tors | tors | tars |
| fiancé | numzâð | deštàr/ještàr | nâmzad |
| fine | xoš, xâš | waš | xoš |
| finger | pinja | lankotk, mòrdànag | angošt |
| fire | âs | âč, âs | âtaš, âzar |
| fish | mâhin | màhig | mâhi |
| food / eat | xorâk / varag | warag, varàk | qazâ, xorâk / xordan |
| four | čâr | càr | čahâr, čâr |
| go | ravag | rawag | raftan |
| god | xoðâ | hodà, hàwand | xodâ |
| good | xūb | jowàn,šarr,geh | xub |
| great | čoqqor | master | bozorg, gonde, gat |
| hand | das | dast | dast |
| English | Koroshi | Balochi | Persian |
| head | sar, kalla | sar | sar, kalle |
| heart | del | dil, hatyr, zerd | del, dil |
| horse | asp | asp | asb, astar |
| house | log | log, gis | xâne |
| language | zebân | zevân, zobân | zabân |
| laugh | kannag | khendeg, hendeg,kandag | xandidan |
| man | mardin, bâmard | merdin | mard |
| moon | mā | máh | mâh |
| mother | doyi | mât, mâs | mâdar, mâmân |
| mouth | daf | dap, daf | dahân |
| name | num | num | nâm |
| night | šaf | shaw, šap | šab |
| open | vâz kanag | pač kanag | vâkardan, bâz kardan |
| peace | sōl | ârâm | âshti, ârâmeš, ârâmi, solh |
| place | jâ | hend, jâ | jâ |
| read | vânag | wánag | xândan |
| say | gašag | gushag | goftan, gap zadan |
| scratch | karânag | kičaenag | xârândan |
| sister | gâhâr, daða | gwhâr | xâhar |
| small | kassân, kam | lekem, kassân | kucak, kam, xord |
| son | bač | pisar, phussag, bač | pesar, pur, bacce |
| tall | bolan | bwrz | boland, bârez, derâz, borz |
| three | sa | se | se |
| water | âf | âf, âp | âb, ow |
| weave | gâfag | gwapag | bâftan |
| when | kad | ked | key |
| wind | gâd | gwáth | bâd |
| woman | jan | jan | zan |
| yesterday | zi | zí | diruz, di |