Kajali language
Northwestern Iranian language
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Kajali is a dialect of the Tati language[2] spoken in the village of Kajal and a few surrounding villages around, in Ardabil province, northwestern Iran. It is a moribund Northwestern Iranian language closely related to Talysh. The language, which has a small number of remaining speakers, has been replaced by Azerbaijani. Unlike the Azeris, the dominant community in the region, its speakers are Sunni Muslims.[3]
| Kajali | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Iran |
| Arabic (Nastaliq) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xkj |
| Glottolog | kaja1247 |
| ELP | Kajali |
Grammar
Similar to many other Tati dialects and closely related Zaza, the Kajali dialect has a grammatical gender system based on the distinction between masculine and feminine. The grammatical distinction between masculine and feminine is found in the conjugation of verbs as well as nouns.[4] In addition to grammatical gender, there are two grammatical cases, nominative and oblique in the dialect.[3]
Nominative and oblique endings:[3]
| nom. | obl. | |
|---|---|---|
| masc. sg. | - | -e |
| fem. sg. | -a | -e, -a |
| masc./fem. pl. | -e | -on |
