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