Çorum Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism

Language

Çorum Dialect
Çorum dialect has many words which are different from the western (İstanbul) dialect. You can see the changes when you look at the root, affixes and verbs.

•Vowels  

a:e ( The vowel “a” changes into the vowel “e” )

Dene-tane, ecik-azıcık, meşrebe-maşrapa

Madeniz-maydanoz, emme-ama, eyvaz-üvey

a:ı (The vowel “a” changes into the vowel “ı” )

Kahırdak-kıkırdak,

a:o (The vowel “a” changes into the vowel “o” )

Fiston-fistan

e:i (The vowel “e” changes into the vowel “i” )

lalin-lalın, ilahne-lahana

iyer-eyer,  özeni-özene , neni-ninni

heşle-hiçle

e :ü  (The vowel “e” changes into the vowel “ü” )

eyvaz-üvez

e:o (The vowel “e” changes into the vowel “o” )

dorotu-dereotu

e:u (The vowel “e” changes into the vowel “u” )

doruotu-dereotu

u:ü (The vowel “u” changes into the vowel “ü” )

gul-gül, gucele-güçlükle

u:ı  (The vowel “u” changes into the vowel “ı” )

punar-pınar

•Consonants

Some dialectial changes can be seen in consonants as well.

b: p (The consonant “b” changes into “p” )

Biş-piş

Bek-pek

b: m (The consonant “b” changes into “m” )

balak-malak, minbar-mumbar  

b:l  (The consonant “b” changes into “l” )

iskembe-iskemle

ç: ş (The consonant “ç” changes into “ş” )

heşle-heçle-hiçle

d: z (The consonant “d” changes into “z” )

merzuvan-merdiven

d: t (The consonant “d” changes into “t” )

dene-tane

k: h (The consonant “k” changes into “h” )

yıyhan-yıkan, çıh-çık

ohu-oku

s: z (The consonant “s” changes into “z” )

zabah-sabah

v: f (The consonant “v” changes into “f” )

alaf-alev

Reduction of the letter “r” in some words.

bi-bir , aslan-arslan, getidim-getirdim

sona-sonra, geti-getir