Ardabili dialect | |
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Native to | Ardabil, Iran; Azerbaijan |
Region | Ardabil, Iran |
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Ardabil dialect is a dialect of Azerbaijani that is used by people from and around the Iranian city of Ardabil. The dialect has also been recorded in Alni, Astara, Germi, Hir, Irdemousa, Khalkhal, Kiwi, Meshginshahr, Namin, and Sareyn. [1] [2]
The speakers of Ardabili dialect are estimated to be more than one million people, most of whom live in Ardabil or its surrounding areas. [3]
Ardabili dialect in the city of Ardabil itself is also divided into three categories, which are distinguished from each other by a slight difference:
The accent of the six neighborhoods: includes the local context of the people of Ardabil city who have been living in this city since ancient times. (Gazran, Towi, Ochdekan, Pir Abdul Malik, Sarcheshme and Ali Qapo neighborhoods) [4]
Northern accent: It includes the context of Ardabil immigrants who mainly migrated to Ardabil from the northern areas of the province and settled in this city. [5]
Dialect of the surrounding neighborhoods: It includes the population structure that mainly migrated to the city from different areas of Ardabil county.
The Ardabil dialect is mostly similar to the dialect of the southern regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and during the Safavid rule in the Middle Ages, it had the greatest impact on all the Azeri dialects of the Caucasus and Azerbaijan. [6]
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