| Chapter : | Brief Introduction to the Herati Dialect |
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- 16. Augmentation of nasal “n” or “m” may occur in postvocalic (mostly final) and intervocalic positions: jârčin/jarčin, cf. LK, LP jârči-“public crier”; kin-i?, cf. LK ki hasti?-“who are you?”; bεm/bəm, cf. LK ba, LP be-preposition; kəm, cf. LK, LP ke-conjunction.
- 17. Changing “b” into “w”/“v” is widely observed: âsyâwun, cf. LK, LP âsyâbân-“miller”; nâwâb, cf. LK, LP nâbâb-“unsuitable”; amvâr, cf. LK ambâr-“dung”; war-/var-, LK, LP bar--verb prefix.
- 18. Changing “w” into “b” regularly occurs in certain words: dêb, cf. LK dêw-“demon”; rabâšk, cf. LK rawâš-“rhubarb (plant).”
- 19. Metathesis occurs occasionally: boġzâlε, cf. LK bozγâla-“calf”; ġarsâ (pl.), cf. LK qasrhâ-“castles.”
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20. Occasional assimilation of consonants is observed: bə sar-e zeš šodom, cf. LK sar-e zedd šodam-“I fell into a rage”; bəšġâf ferni, cf. LK. bešqâb-e ferni-“a plate with ferni.”
Two adjacent vowels can often contract to one. This often occurs as a result of the dropping of consonants (most regularly but not exclusively “h”) and semivowels: nâl, cf. LK, LP nehâl-“young plant, shoot”; biš, cf. LK, LP behešt-“paradise”; dan, cf. LK dahân-“mouth”; tấlê, cf. LK, LP tâ hâlâ-“until now”; mâm, cf. LK mâ ham-personal pronoun with an adverb; bεmi, cf. LK ba hamin-preposition with a demonstrative pronoun; jâlduz, cf. LK jawâldôz-“awl”; sat, cf. LK sâ'at-“hour”; bεk, cf. LK ba yak-preposition with a numeral.
Special cases are the commonly used contractions of the preposition bε/bə/bo with the preposition az