Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article
Abstract
The present study investigates how much Mandaic language, spoken in Ahvaz, is lexically influenced. In order to collect data, field work and library method are used through interviews recorded from native speakers and then datas are checked in Mandaic dictionary, respectively.It is concluded that Persian, the official language of Iran, and Arabic, the most common language spoken in Khouzestan, are the most influencing languages, respectively.The loan words are not so different from the original ones in terms of semantic aspect whereas they are phonetically changed and these loan words are mostly used in the domain of things which are used in routine life
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