Language Studies

Language Studies

The effect of the current languages in khuzestan region on Mandaic lexicon

Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors
yahya modarresi 1
soheila ahmadi 2
1 Linguistics professor of IHCS
2 Department of Linguistics. faculty of linguistics. institute for humanities and cultural studies
10.30465/ls.2020.5064
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
Keywords
mandaic language
language contact
borrowing
phonetic evolution
semantic evolution
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  • Receive Date 10 December 2019
  • Revise Date 29 January 2021
  • Accept Date 15 March 2020