Sistani dialect
Dialect continuum of the Persian language
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
English
Sistani
Transliteration
What's up?
چکاره؟
chkāra?
Why?
ورچه؟
varche?
What?
چزه؟
cheze?
Where?
اگجه؟
agja?
Come in.
در شو
dar sho.
Are you serious?
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
English
Sistani
Balochi
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
Sistani
Balochi
English equivalent
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
Sources
"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
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