Fereydani Verbal Speech In Georgian Travelers’ Records (Zurab Sharashenidze “Fereydani Georgians”)

Abstract

Zurab Sharashenidze‘s book “Fereydani Georgians” was published in 1979. It gives us the important information about the Georgians who moved to Fereydan when the first information about them appeared, and it also describes the life and language of Georgians, living in the villages near Fereydan. The book contains the materials gathered by the Georgians, travelling to Fereydan at different times. Most of the information has become a bibliographical rarity. The samples of the language of Fereydani Georgians are scattered in different articles and books. Their majority has become the bibliographical rarity. The texts are placed in the appendix of the paper (except the ones that have been published recently). A small vocabulary is also given there, where the explanation of some modified Georgian words and Persian expressions is provided.

The Fereydani texts, recorded by Lado Aghniashvili, Ambako Tchelidze and Zurab Sharashenidze deserve big interest. It is important to get acquainted with the work and language samples of the following Fereydani Georgians: Iotam Onikashvili, Kolam – Reza Khutsishvili, Kolam – Hosein Onikashvili and SeipolaI oseliani.