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The present article reports on harushīya no kuchi, a Persian-lexified pidgin that was recorded in 18th-century Japan. It describes several of its lexical and grammatical features. The features of harushīya no kuchi described in this article include the (1) tendency for some frequently occurring verbs to converge on a small number of specific forms, (2) apparent preservation of colloquial Persian vowel assimilation in some verbs, (3) right-headed noun compounding, (4) existence of a topic marker, and (5) high analyticity of some numerals.

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A Persian-Lexified Pidgin Recorded in 18th-Century Japan

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    2025年

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  • Shinji Ido

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The present article reports on harushīya no kuchi, a Persian-lexified pidgin that was recorded in 18th-century Japan. It describes several of its lexical and grammatical features. The features of harushīya no kuchi described in this article include the (1) tendency for some frequently occurring verbs to converge on a small number of specific forms, (2) apparent preservation of colloquial Persian vowel assimilation in some verbs, (3) right-headed noun compounding, (4) existence of a topic marker, and (5) high analyticity of some numerals.