Case Marking System in Tâti Dialect of Khalkhâl

Tâti is one of the languages، which besides applying other means such as agreement and word order، uses case marking of dependents to show the grammatical relations in a sentence. Tâti is among the North-west Iranian languages. Tâti dialects are dispersed in some cities and villages in Ardebil، Qazvin، Zanjan and Gilan provinces. The Tâti variety studied in this article is the Dəravi variety، which is spoken in Khalkhâl. This article intends to study the case system of Dəravi. Although this variety of Tâti has retained some ancient characteristics، its case system has not been studied yet. This variety is highly endangered as its young speakers immigrate to neighboring cities in search of work، and they no longer transmit their mother language to the next generations.