The Maku variety of South Azeri

Abstract

The paper presents a recently recorded text in the Maku dialect of Azeri spoken in Northwest Iran. The author, who speaks this variety as her mother tongue, examines the main linguistic features occurring in the text. The recorded speaker is a 54-year-old female, a fully-fledged speaker of the Maku variety with passive knowledge in Persian. She is from the village of Rend in the central district of Maku. The text is given in interlinear annotation in Turcological transcription, morphological glosses, and free translation.

Keywords

• Maku
• Azeri
• Northwest Iran
• Persian
• linguistic analysis

Güney Azerbaycan Türkçesinin Maku ağzı

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Azerbaycan Türkçesinin Kuzeybatı İran’da konuşulan Maku ağzından kaydedilen bir metni incelemektedir. Söz konusu ağzı ana dili olarak konuşan yazar, metinde ortaya çıkan önemli dilbilimsel özellikleri ele almaktadır. Maku ağzını yetkin bir şekilde konuşan, aynı zamanda edilgen olarak Farsça da bilen konuşmacı, Maku merkeze bağlı Rend köyünde yaşayan 54 yaşında bir kadındır. Makalede, metnin Türkolojik çevriyazısı, satırarası morfolojik açıklamaları ve serbest çevirisi sunulmaktadır.

Keywords

• Maku
• Azerice
• Kuzeybatı İran
• Farsça
• dilbilimsel çözümleme

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