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==Persian dialects== | ==Persian dialects== | ||
===Naušahri=== | |||
The most commonly spoken descendant of Middle Persian in Lõis is part of the Levantine sprachbund. | The most commonly spoken descendant of Middle Persian in Lõis, Naušahri (from ''Naušahr'' meaning Newton), is part of the Levantine sprachbund. | ||
Phonology: a ā i ī u ū ai au -> a o e i u ø əi əu | Phonology: a ā i ī u ū ai au -> a o e i u ø əi əu | ||
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Plurals usually are formed with the ending -o (from Middle Persian -ān, from Old Persian -ānām), but loanwords as in our timeline can be pluralized as in the source languages. Archaic dialects use -on instead. The most common source of loanwords is Bactrian, followed by Avestan, Greek, Togarmite and English. | Plurals usually are formed with the ending -o (from Middle Persian -ān, from Old Persian -ānām), but loanwords as in our timeline can be pluralized as in the source languages. Archaic dialects use -on instead. The most common source of loanwords is Bactrian, followed by Avestan, Greek, Togarmite and English. | ||
The verbal system of | The verbal system of Naušahri is similar to our timeline's Tajik. It uses the auxiliary ''stodan'' (to stand) for the present progressive, unlike other Levantine sprachbund languages. | ||
===Greco-Persian=== | |||
Another commonly spoken Middle Persian descendant in Lõis is basically "Iranian Persian but with Greek instead of Arabic". | |||