The Gilaki Language

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Contents List of Figures and Tables 1.  Introduction 2.  Phonology 2.1  The Sound System 2.2  The Assimilation of Vowels 2.3  The Phonetic Phenomena Where Two Morphemes Are Combined 2.4  Stress 3.  Vocabulary 3.1  Proto-Iranian Origin 3.2  Arabic Origin 3.3  Turkic Loanwords 3.4  Words from Western Europe 3.5  Russian Loanwords 3.6  Other Information 4.  Word Formation 4.1  Stem-Composition 4.2  Affixation 5.  Morphology 5.1  Nouns 5.2  Adjectives 5.3  Adverbs 5.4  Numerals 5.5  Pronouns 5.6  The Verb 5.7  Postpositions and Prepositions 6.  Syntax 6.1  Ways of Expressing Syntactic Relations 6.2  The Simple Sentence 6.3  The Complex Sentence 6.4  Direct Speech A Texts A.1  Text 1 – Greeting A.2  Text 2 – Niece A.3  Text 3 – Birthday A.4  Text 4 – The Seashore A.5  Text 5 – The Traveler A.6  Text 6 – A Conversation between Friends A.7  Text 7 – The Pool A.8  Text 8 – Who A.9  Text 9 – Conversation A.10  Text 10 – The Liar A.11  Text 11 – In the Boat A.12  Text 12 – As You Please! A.13  Text 13 – A Complaint A.14  Text 14 – A Child’s Prayer A.15  Text 15 – Please, One Minute A.16  Text 16 – The Thief and the Judge A.17  Text 17 – A Story A.18  Text 18 – Poor A.19  Text 19 – News I A.20  Text 20 – News II B Interlinear Texts B.1  Interlinear Text 1 – Greeting B.2  Interlinear Text 2 – Niece B.3  Interlinear Text 3 – Birthday B.4  Interlinear Text 4 – The Seashore B.5  Interlinear Text 5 – The Traveler B.6  Interlinear Text 6 – A Conversation between Friends B.7  Interlinear Text 7 – The Pool B.8  Interlinear Text 8 – Who B.9  Interlinear Text 9 – Conversation B.10  Interlinear Text 10 – The Liar B.11  Interlinear Text 11 – In the Boat B.12  Interlinear Text 12 – As You Please! B.13  Interlinear Text 13 – A Complaint B.14  Interlinear Text 14 – A Child's Prayer B.15  Interlinear Text 15 – Please, One Minute B.16  Interlinear Text 16 – The Thief and the Judge B.17  Interlinear Text 17 – A Story B.18  Interlinear Text 18 – Poor B.19  Interlinear Text 19 – News I B.20  Interlinear Text 20 – News II References