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Sistani Persian | |
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Sistuni Persian | |
سیستونی Sistuni | |
Pronunciation | Pārsi-e Sistāni, Pārsi-e Sistuni |
Native to | Iran and Afghanistan |
Region | Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Nimruz Province |
Ethnicity | Sistani Persians |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | sist1235 |
Sistani (Persian: سیستانی , also known as Sistuni (سیستونی) is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani people in Iran and Afghanistan.[1] It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages.
Sistani Phrases
[edit]English | Sistani | Transliteration |
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What's up? | چکاره؟ | chkāra? |
Why? | ورچه؟ | varche? |
What? | چزه؟ | cheze? |
Where? | اگجه؟ | agja? |
Come in. | در شو | dar sho. |
Are you serious? (literally "Do you swear to God?") | تره والله؟ | tra vallā? |
How many times? | چن لئ؟ | chen le'? |
It's gonna be late. | إره مئ شو | e'ra me'sho. |
I love you. | دل مه بالئ تره | del me bāle' tra. |
Sistani is a good language. | سیستونی گپّ زبریه | sistoni gappe zabria. |
Comparison between Sistani dialect of Persian and Balochi language
[edit]English | Sistani | Balochi |
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dust | palg | polg |
perfect | purra | pura |
kiss | pakk | pakko |
finger | chongol | changol |
notice | sarpe' | sarpad |
scorpion | qa'zum | zum |
excursion | chaqal | chakar |
stupid | ga'nok | ganok |
wrinkle | krenj | gerenchag |
Sistani Words
[edit]Sistani | Balochi | English equivalent |
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plaft | molir | withered |
spest | espost | alfalfa |
shpul | shul | whistle |
kneshk | bòzahr | frown |
chrokh | ròk | shiny |
kutru | golloď | puppy |
chilāsk | calàsk | skinny |
jangara | aggressive | |
dajg | ťayi | tie |
References
[edit]- ^ Nakosteen, Mehdi (1933). The Development of Persian Education and Learning. Cornell University. p. 89.
Sources
[edit]- "The Status of [h] and [ʔ] in the Sistani Dialect of Miyankangi". Carina Jahani, Farideh Okati, Abbas Ali Ahangar. Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 1:1 (2009), pp. 80–99.
- "Natural Phonological Processes in Sistani Persian of Iran". Okati, Farideh, Ahangar, Abbas Ali, Anonby, Erik, Jahani, Carina. Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2:1, (2010), pp. 93–120.
- Lazard, Gilbert (1974). “Morphologie du verbe dans le parler persan du Sistan”, in Studia Iranica 3.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Foundation for Sistanian Orthography Development - official site (in Persian)
- Zaraya: Sistanian Analytical Bulletin - (in Persian)