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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 Modern Lõisian Persian is similar to our timeline's Tajik. It uses the auxiliary ''stodan'' (to stand) for the present progressive, unlike other Levantine sprachbund languages.
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".
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