The Gorani language of Zarda, a village of West Iran

Texts, grammar, and lexicon

By (author) Parvin Mahmoudveysi By (author) Denise Bailey

Book cover: The Gorani language of Zarda, a village of West Iran

Extent: 240 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Beiträge zur Iranistik

Language: English

(Hardback) (Published)

(April 2013)

ISBN: 9783895009525

Price: $147.00

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(PDF) (Published)

(January 2013)

ISBN: 9783752005356

Price: $123.00

This volume presents the documentation and description of an endangered variety of the Gorani language as spoken in Zarda, a village located near Sar Pol-e Zahab and Kerend in Kermanshah province, western Iran. The volume contains background information about the village and society, eight texts with English translations, an interlinear morphemic glossed text, and a grammatical description and lexicon based on the material in the texts. Audio recordings of the texts are included on a CD.


This volume presents the documentation and description of an endangered variety of the Gorani language as spoken in Zarda, a village located near Sar Pol-e Zahab and Kerend in Kermanshah province, western Iran. The volume contains background information about the village and society, eight texts with English translations, an interlinear morphemic glossed text, and a grammatical description and lexicon based on the material in the texts. Audio recordings of the texts are included on a CD.

  • By (author) Parvin Mahmoudveysi
  • By (author) Denise Bailey