Elaboration of the Vowel Phonemes in Baluchi Makrani Dialect Based on Burquest’s Model of Phonology (2001)

The present study elaborates on vowel phonemes in Baluchi Makrani Dialect based on Burquest’s model of phonology (2001). Forty individuals who took part in the interviews (25 males and 15 females aged 30 to 80) were illiterate. Out of 25 male participants, six were above 70 years of age. The field data were collected by recording free speech and purposively using enquiring answers to the questions. Most library data are related to the epical poems composed by the late Kamalan, an epical-style poet, before his death. The phonological data of the research have been recorded within the format of “.wav” in a computer and then extracted from the significant ones for further analyses. To exactly determine the acoustic specifications of the homonyms (such as aspiration and being voiced or not), spectrum diagrams have been drawn. Makrani dialect is spoken in vast areas south of Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran. Still, the type concentrated herein is the Sarbazi Dialect, a sub-dialect of the Makrani Dialect. The present study’s data have been gathered from villages like Garag, Mochan, and Bandigan in the rural district of Kishkur, Sarbaz County, for such a reason as the originality of the words spoken. The investigations indicated that the dialect contains six simple vowels (monophthongs) and two combined vowels (diphthongs) in its phonemic system. This dialect also has formant diphthongs, such as /i.e./ and /ue/.