The Esfahani accent (Persian: لهجه اصفهانی), or Esfahani dialect (گویش اصفهانی), is a dialect of Persian spoken in Isfahan.
Phonology The following are phonological differences between Esfahani and Standard Iranian Persian: Voicing assimilation of /q/: Example: /ta:qtʃe/ ↔ [taxtʃe] 'shelf' Vowel lengthening before the loss of glottal consonants /ʔ/ and /h/, as well as /w/: Examples: /baʔzi/ ↔ [baːzi] 'some'; /maʔreke/ ↔ [maːreke] 'crowd of people' Lenition of /d/ before /r/ to /z/: Examples: /tʃeqadr/ ↔ [tʃeqaz] 'how much/how many?' Voicing dissimilation: Example: /vaqt/ ↔ [vaxd] 'time' Final devoicing: Example: /ziyaːd/ ↔ [ziyaːt] 'much/many' Vowel raising before nasal consonants: Examples: /xaːnom/ ↔ [xaːnum] 'lady'; /xaːne/ ↔ [xune] 'lady'
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