PHONOLOGY OF ZARA (SİVAS) DIALECT -CONSONANTS-
ZARA (SİVAS) AĞZI SES BİLGİSİ -ÜNSÜZLER-

Author : Ömer GÜVEN
Number of pages : 451-469

Abstract

Becoming widespread of dialect studies and making comprehensive studies on this field will provide to illuminate the dark points of Turkish language. In addition to this, dialect studies will contribute to science fields such sociology, folklore, history and etymology. Today, dialects are disappearing rapidly because of, firstly, the widespreading technological advancements and additively some causes such as increasing literacy rates and rural-urban migration. Being able to avert this situation, it is important to make dialect studies as immediate as possible. In this article, we discussed the consonants from phonology features of Zara county dialect. As part of the study, we made compilations from the villages of Zara county and a large part of these compilations have been written out. We endeavored to identify significant phonology features of Zara dialect on these texts. We also made comparisons between phonology features of Zara dialect and other Anatolian dialects and Istanbul Turkish.

Keywords

Anatolian Dialects, Sivas, Zara Dialect, Phonology, Consonant

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