The Gorani language of Gawraju a village of West Iran

Texts, grammar, and lexicon

By (author) Parvin Mahmoudveysi By (author) Denise Bailey By (author) Ludwig Paul By (author) Geoffrey Haig

Book cover: The Gorani language of Gawraju a village of West Iran

Extent: 270 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Beiträge zur Iranistik

Language: English

(Hardback) (Published)

(December 2012)

ISBN: 9783895008559

Price: $147.00

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(PDF) (Published)

(January 2012)

ISBN: 9783752005332

Price: $123.00

This book describes an endangered variety of Gorani spoken by an Ahl-i Haqq (Yaresan) community in a village of western Iran, Kermanshah province. It contains a grammatical sketch, transcribed and analyzed texts that were recorded in the village, and a lexicon with all words occurring in the text. The book is accompanied by an audio CD with the recordings of all texts.


This book describes an endangered variety of Gorani spoken by an Ahl-i Haqq (Yaresan) community in a village of western Iran, Kermanshah province. It contains a grammatical sketch, transcribed and analysed texts that were recorded in the village, and a lexicon with all words occurring in the text. The book is accompanied by an audio CD with the recordings of all texts.

  • By (author) Parvin Mahmoudveysi
  • By (author) Denise Bailey
  • By (author) Ludwig Paul
  • By (author) Geoffrey Haig