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LariLari is an endangered Iranian languageIranian languages spoken in south of IranIran and some Persian Gulf Countries such as United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates (UAE). LariLari children learn standard PersianStandard Persian (SP) in IranIran when they commence primary school at the age of seven, so they face problems when communicating in Persian. For those native speakers of LariLari who live in the UAE, the story is different as they use other languages (e.g., Arabic, HindiHindi, or English) as the lingua franca in business while LariLari as their mother tongue at home. Thus, in addition to their mother tongue, the children’s proficiency in Persian is affected by the lingua franca. This paper aims to examine the linguistic impact of LariLari (as the mother tongue) and other lingua franca on the Persian varietyVariety which is spoken by LariLari speakers. To do so, a total number of 20 Lari-speaking participants (10 Iran-residing students and 10 UAE-residing students) were selected via convenience sampling, and interviewed using a researcher-made questionnaire and some linguistic prompts. Findings showed that LariLari has posed negative effects on Iran-residing students’ performance in speaking Persian as their mother tongue interferes with the way they communicate in the second language. The reasons for these can be attributed to different phonological systems of LariLari and Persian (using phonemePhoneme /k/ for /ɣ/) and differences in syntactic structures of the languages (using LariLari anāx kerda for the Persian xaste kardan ‘to irritate’). On the other hand, LariLari speakers in the UAE have been affected by both lingua franca (loanwordsLoanwords such as Arabic qassāla for Persian māšin lebās-šuyi ‘washing machine’ or plural forms such as Arabic kotob for Persian ketāb-hā ‘books’) and their mother tongue, when speaking Persian. Therefore, their proficiency in Persian is affected by the interference of, both border, and vernacular languages. Some recommendations and a sample of tasks are provided to improve speaking fluency in LariLari speakers.

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Sitting on the Ground Between Two Carpets: The Co-effect of Arabic and Lari on the Persian Fluency of Lari Native Speakers

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    2025年

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  • Muhammed Ourang,
  • Behzad Moridi

摘要

LariLari is an endangered Iranian languageIranian languages spoken in south of IranIran and some Persian Gulf Countries such as United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates (UAE). LariLari children learn standard PersianStandard Persian (SP) in IranIran when they commence primary school at the age of seven, so they face problems when communicating in Persian. For those native speakers of LariLari who live in the UAE, the story is different as they use other languages (e.g., Arabic, HindiHindi, or English) as the lingua franca in business while LariLari as their mother tongue at home. Thus, in addition to their mother tongue, the children’s proficiency in Persian is affected by the lingua franca. This paper aims to examine the linguistic impact of LariLari (as the mother tongue) and other lingua franca on the Persian varietyVariety which is spoken by LariLari speakers. To do so, a total number of 20 Lari-speaking participants (10 Iran-residing students and 10 UAE-residing students) were selected via convenience sampling, and interviewed using a researcher-made questionnaire and some linguistic prompts. Findings showed that LariLari has posed negative effects on Iran-residing students’ performance in speaking Persian as their mother tongue interferes with the way they communicate in the second language. The reasons for these can be attributed to different phonological systems of LariLari and Persian (using phonemePhoneme /k/ for /ɣ/) and differences in syntactic structures of the languages (using LariLari anāx kerda for the Persian xaste kardan ‘to irritate’). On the other hand, LariLari speakers in the UAE have been affected by both lingua franca (loanwordsLoanwords such as Arabic qassāla for Persian māšin lebās-šuyi ‘washing machine’ or plural forms such as Arabic kotob for Persian ketāb-hā ‘books’) and their mother tongue, when speaking Persian. Therefore, their proficiency in Persian is affected by the interference of, both border, and vernacular languages. Some recommendations and a sample of tasks are provided to improve speaking fluency in LariLari speakers.