Larestani dialect

Alternative names (including historical names and autoglottonyms): Lari

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[A‑5]	Vowel opposition in labialization	Present for back vowels [A‑5‑4]
[A‑6]	Vowel opposition in nasalization	No vowel opposition in nasalization [A‑6‑1]
[A‑7]	Vowel opposition in pharyngealization	No vowel opposition in pharyngealization [A‑7‑1]
[A‑8]	Vowel opposition in ATR	No vowel opposition in ATR [A‑8‑1]
[A‑9]	Diphthongs and triphthongs	Only diphthongs present [A‑9‑2]
[A‑10]	Types of diphthongs	Falling (descending) [A‑10‑2]
[A‑11]	Inventory of obstruents by laryngeal features	Opposition by presence and absence of voice [A‑11‑1]
[A‑13]	Inventory of obstruents by place of articulation	Labial, coronal, dorsal, guttural and postuvular [A‑13‑2]
[A‑14]	Inventory of labial obstruents by place of articulation	Bilabial and labiodental [A‑14‑2]
[A‑16]	Inventory of guttural obstruents by place of articulation	Velar and uvular [A‑16‑5]
[A‑17]	Inventory of postuvular obstruents by place of articulation	Only pharyngeal [A‑17‑1]
[A‑18]	Additional articulatory oppositions of obstruents	Absent [A‑18‑1]
[A‑19]	Inventory of sonorants by manner of articulation	Nasal, liquid, vibrant and glide [A‑19‑6]
[A‑20]	Inventory of sonorants by place of articulation	Labial, coronal and dorsal [A‑20‑14]
[A‑21]	Additional articulatory oppositions of sonorants	Absent [A‑21‑1]

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[D‑5]

Differences in phonetic structure [D‑5‑2]

[E‑1]	Type of language by type of morpheme combination in a word	Fusional with some agglutinative features [E‑1‑4]
[E‑3]	Agglutinative type features	One flection can only express one meaning, single inflection/conjugation type, no phonetic alternations in morphemes [E‑3‑5]
[E‑4]	Type of language by degree of morpheme cohesion	Synthetic with elements of analytism [E‑4‑6]

[F‑1]	Number of agreement classes	No agreement classes [F‑1‑1]
[F‑8]	Opposition by person/non-person	Lexical [F‑8‑1]
[F‑9]	Expression of animacy/inanimacy	Lexical [F‑9‑1]

[G‑1]	Number in nouns	Singular and plural [G‑1‑1]
[G‑2]	Single number marking	Unmarked [G‑2‑2]
[G‑4]	Agreement in number	Predicative and attributive [G‑4‑4]

[H‑1]	Number of noun cases	No case [H‑1‑6]
[H‑5]	Other means of expressing possessive relations	Possessive affixes [H‑5‑3]

[I‑5]	Tense forms	Past [I‑5‑1]
[I‑5]	Tense forms	Present [I‑5‑2]
[I‑6]	Aspect and tense expression	Syncretic [I‑6‑2]
[I‑8]	Syncretic expression of several verb meanings	Person, number, tense, aspect, and modality (mood) [I‑8‑17]
[I‑9]	Marking of person in present tense verbs	Only third person singular [I‑9‑4]
[I‑10]	Transitivity marker	Affix and special type of agreement [I‑10‑8]

[J‑1]	Pronominal words	Pronouns-nouns and pronouns-adjectives [J‑1‑11]
[J‑2]	Expression of deictic categories	Demonstrative pronouns and articles [J‑2‑12]
[J‑3]	Function words expressing spatial orientation of action	Prepositions [J‑3‑3]
[J‑4]	Content words expressing spatial orientation of action	Pronouns [J‑4‑4]
[J‑6]	Words expressing (in)definiteness	Articles [J‑6‑1]
[J‑8]	Expression of negation	Negative affixes [J‑8‑1]
[J‑9]	Negation marker position	Incorporation [J‑9‑1]

[K‑1]	Personal pronouns inflection	Pronouns are not inflected [K‑1‑1]
[K‑2]	Article types	Definite and indefinite [K‑2‑4]
[K‑3]	Indefinite article and numeral 'one'	Different [K‑3‑2]
[K‑4]	Article place	Postposition [K‑4‑2]
[K‑7]	Number of conjugation types	Single type of conjugation [K‑7‑1]
[K‑8]	Verb agreement types	Subject and subject-object [K‑8‑4]
[K‑10]	Tense expressed by participle	Past [K‑10‑4]
[K‑12]	Agreement categories expressed in adjective	Absent [K‑12‑1]
[K‑13]	Cumulative expression of several categories in adjective	Absent [K‑13‑1]
[K‑14]	Attribute agreement of adjectives	Absent [K‑14‑2]
[K‑15]	Attributive agreement types	In number [K‑15‑2]
[K‑17]	Cumulative expression of several categories in noun	Absent [K‑17‑1]
[K‑19]	Word form model	Prefixal-suffixal [K‑19‑1]

[L‑1]	Word formation means	Derivation [L‑1‑6]
[L‑2]	Derivation affixes	Prefixes and suffixes [L‑2‑3]

[M‑3]	Dominant word order	SOV [M‑3‑2]
[M‑4]	Order of nouns and its modifier	Modifier follows noun [M‑4‑2]
[M‑5]	Pro-drop	Impossible [M‑5‑2]

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