Göklen dialect

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The Göklen dialect is a regional variety of the Turkmen language traditionally spoken by the Göklen Turkmen people of northeastern Iran and surrounding areas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Goklen Turkmen dialect 1
Goklen dialect 1
Göklen dialect canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of Turkmen language
associatedWithTribe Göklen tribe
linked to: Oghuz
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Iranian Turkmen
linked to: Turkmens
closelyRelatedTo Teke dialect of Turkmen
Yomut dialect of Turkmen
linked to: Turkmen language

standard Turkmen
codeSwitchingWith Persian
linked to: Persian language
country Iran
domainOfUse home and community
local markets
tribal gatherings
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicAssociation Göklen Turkmen
geographicDistribution Caspian lowlands of northeastern Iran
hasAlternativeName Goklen Turkmen dialect
linked to: Göklen dialect

Göklen Turkmen
hasFeature SOV basic word order
agglutinative morphology
vowel harmony typical of Turkic languages
historicallyUsedScript Arabic script
influencedBy standard Turkmen of Turkmenistan media
languageBranch Oghuz languages
languageFamily Turkic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Kurdish language
Mazandarani language
Persian language
mutualIntelligibilityWith other Turkmen dialects
oralTradition strong
partOf Turkmen language
primaryLanguageOfEducation Persian (for its speakers)
regionallyInfluencedBy Iranian languages
sociolinguisticContext bilingualism in Turkmen and Persian
spokenBy Göklen Turkmen people
linked to: Turkmens
spokenIn Golestan Province
Gonbad-e Kavus region
areas bordering Turkmenistan
northeastern Iran
standardizationStatus not fully standardized
status minority language variety in Iran
subclassOf Oghuz Turkic dialect
usedIn folklore
oral communication
traditional poetry
tribal songs
usesScript Perso-Arabic script
writingTradition limited

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkmen language hasDialect Göklen dialect
Teke dialect closelyRelatedTo Goklen dialect
linked to: Göklen dialect
Göklen dialect hasAlternativeName Goklen Turkmen dialect
linked to: Göklen dialect