نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
The Talysh language possesses a distinctive phonological system whose written representation has historically posed a number of orthographic challenges. Examining early Talysh texts provides valuable insights into the development of its writing tradition and the historical evolution of its orthography. This study employs a descriptive-analytical and comparative approach to examine four nineteenth-century Talysh manuscripts from the Lankaran region, dating to the second half of the nineteenth century. The aim is to identify the scribes’ strategies for representing Talysh phonemes and to investigate the similarities and differences among these orthographic practices. The findings indicate that although Talysh orthography had not yet reached a fully standardized stage, the scribes shared a relatively consistent set of conventions and writing tendencies. The analysis of the representation of features such as the closed ā vowel, yā-ye majhūl (historical long ē), final short vowels, the schwa vowel, and consonants with multiple graphemic representations demonstrates that variations among the manuscripts reflect differences in the application of orthographic conventions rather than the absence of established principles. The study further suggests that the Talysh writing tradition in Lankaran developed through interaction with Persian and Turkic scribal traditions while maintaining its own relatively coherent orthographic system.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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