Relationship between phonological and geographical distance: Persian, Sarawani Balochi and Sistani dialect

• Main Authors: Ahangar, Abbas Ali, Oostendorp, Marc van, Soohani, Bahareh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UKM 2013
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6328/1/3309-7244-1-SM.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6328/; http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/gemahome.html

This article focuses on the study of geographical variations among the phonological systems of Standard Persian (SP) language, Central Sarawani Balochi (CSB), a dialect of Balochi language and the Sistani dialect (SD) of Persian, based on Optimality Theory (OT) and van Oostendorp‟s (2008) approach....