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A Study of Common Expressions in English and Farsi languages
and Their Equivalents in Gilaki Dialect in North of Iran

Mohammad Kazemian Sana'ati, Ph.D. Candidate in TEFL
Farhad Passandyar, Ph.D. Candidate in TEFL
Davood Mashadi Heidar

Abstract

The Gilaki dialect belongs to the north-western group of Iranian languages. The Gilaki dialect is spread along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea in one of the northern provinces of Iran known as Guilan. The native speakers of the language call themselves Gilaks and their dialect Gilaki. In Guilan province, Gilaki is the vernacular language of some three million people mostly born in central and eastern Guilan province. The present study focuses on the commonalities in expressions used in English, Farsi and Gilaki. To conduct the study, 50 people from all walks of life from Langroud, Eastern Guilan, were interviewed. The expressions uttered in Gilaki were then analyzed and compared in meaning with their nearest equivalents in English and Farsi languages. The study showed that Gilaki satisfied the criteria necessary to be considered a language rather than a dialect.

Keywords: Guilan, Gilaks, and Gilaki expressions

1. Introduction

Guilan province lies along the Caspian Sea, west of Mazandaran Province, east of Ardabil Province, and north of Zanjan and Qazvin Provinces in Iran. Moreover, it borders the Republic of Azerbaijan in the north and Russia across the Caspian Sea. According to Kiyafar (2013, P. 11), "Guilan is very rich culture dates back to 7000 years ago. It is introduced as ‘Varena’ in Avesta and the Greeks called it ‘Kadoosian’. In fact, it is the name of an Iranian native tribe who lived before the arrival of Aryans in the Iranian plateau."

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Mohammad Kazemian Sana'ati, Ph.D. Candidate in TEFL (Corresponding Author)
Department of English, Tonekabon Branch
Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran Mazandaran Province, Tonekabon, 22
m_kazemiansanati@yahoo.com

Farhad Passandyar, Ph.D. Candidate in TEFL
Department of English, Tonekabon Branch
Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
passandyar@gmail.com

Davood Mashadi Heidar
Assistant Professor in TEFL
Department of English, Tonekabon Branch
Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
davoodm_tarbiatmodares@yahoo.com
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