Southern Pashto
Southern Pashto (Pashto: جنوبي/سهيلي پښتو) comprises the South Western (Pashto: سهيل لوېديزه پښتو) and South Eastern (Pashto: سهيل ختيځه پښتو) dialects.[1]
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South Western
Kandahārí Pashtó (Pashto: کندهارۍ پښتو), also known as, Southwestern Pashto,[2] is a Pashto dialect, spoken in southern and western Afghanistan, including the city of Kandahar. It is similar with Quetta (Kakar) and Khattak dialects (95–100% similarities in vocabulary, and 80% with Yusufzai dialect). It is one of the most archaic varieties of Pashto.
Kandahari Pashto is spoken in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, most of Urozgan, Farah, and Nimruz, southeastern Ghor, the districts of Murghab, Ghormach, Muqur, and Jawand in Badghis, and parts of Zabul, Paktika, and Herat provinces of Afghanistan. It is also spoken in parts of the provinces of Razavi Khorasan and South Khorasan in Iran, where they numbered roughly 120,000 (in 1993).[3]
The Kandahari dialect retains archaic retroflex sibilants, /ʂ/ and /ʐ/ (in other dialects, they have shifted to ʃ/x and ʒ/g). Kandahari also has the affricates /t͡s/ and /d͡z/.
Lexical Variation
According to the "Pashto Dialectal Dictionary (Pashto: پښتو لهجوي قاموس)" published by the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan the following is noted in Kandahar province:[4]
Standard
معياري myārí |
Meaning
مانا mānā́ |
Ghorak
[Tribe: Popalzai] |
Spin Boldak
[Tribe: Achakzai] |
Maruf
[Tribe: Alizai] |
Arghandab
[Tribe: Alikozai] |
Panjwayi
[Tribe: Sakzai] |
Kandahar
[Tribe: Nurzai] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
آباد/ ودان
ābā́d/wadā́n |
populated | ابات
abā́t |
ابات
abā́t |
ابات
abā́t |
ابات
abā́t |
ابات
abā́t |
ابات
abā́t |
اپلتې
apláte |
absurdity | چټيات
čaṭyā́t |
چټيات
čaṭyā́t |
اپلتې
apláte |
ګډې وډې
gaḍé waḍé |
ګډې وډې
gaḍé waḍé |
ګډې وډې
gaḍé waḍé |
اتکړۍ
atkaṛə́i |
handcuffs | زولنې
zawlané |
زولنې
zawlané |
زولنې
zawlané |
زولنې
zolané |
زولنې
zolané |
زولنې
zolané |
اخېړ
axéṛ |
plaster
[clay mixed with straw] |
ګل
gә́l |
ګل
gә́l |
ګل
gә́l |
کاګل
kāgә́l |
کاګل
kāgә́l |
کاګل
kāgә́l |
mother | ادې
adé |
ادې
adé |
دادا
dādā́ |
مور
mor |
مور
mor |
مور
mor | |
enimity | دښمني
doṣ̌maní |
تربورګلوي
tarburgalwí |
تربورګلوي
tarburgalwí |
دښمني
doṣ̌maní |
دښمني
doṣ̌maní |
دښمني
doṣ̌maní | |
ارت
art |
wide | پېراخه
perāxá |
غټ
ğaṭ |
پراخ
prāx |
پيراخ
pirā́x |
پيراخ
pirā́x |
پيراخ
pirā́x |
اوبدل
obdә́l |
to weave | ودل
wadә́l |
ودل
wadә́l |
اودل
odә́l |
ودل
wadál |
ودل
wadál |
ودل
wadál |
اوړۀ
oṛә́ |
flour | اوړۀ
oṛә́ |
اوړۀ
oṛә́ |
اوړۀ
oṛә́ |
وړۀ
waṛә́ |
وړۀ
waṛә́ |
وړۀ
waṛә́ |
South Eastern
In the Quetta and Kakar dialects /ʂ/ and /ʐ/ in South Western change to ʃ and ʒ. Whilst /t͡s/ and /d͡z/ are generally pronounced.
Dialect[5] | ښ | ږ | څ | ځ | ژ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kandahar | [ʂ] | [ʐ] | [t͡s] | [d͡z] | [ʒ] |
Quetta | [ʃ] | [ʒ] | [t͡s] | [d͡z] | [ʒ, z] |
Pronouns are also archaic. It is differences in 'he' and 'she' pronouns. In all 3rd-person pronouns 'h' is articulated.
Personal pronoun[5] | Kandahar | Quetta | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
زه | zə | zə | I |
ته | tə, less often təi | tə, less often təi | you (singular) |
هغه | hağə | ağə | he |
هغه | hağe | ağə | she |
موږ/مونږ | mʊẓ̌ | mʊž/məž | we |
تاسو/تاسې | tāse/tāsī | tāse/tāsī | you (plural) |
هغوی | hağwi/hağūi | ağwi/ağūi | they |
Sherani
According to Josef Elfenbein, Sherani Pashto can be classed either as South Western or South Eastern.[6] Word choice can be distinct:[7]
Dialect | Meaning | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Southern | Sherani | ګانده مزدک له راسه
gā́nda mazdə́k lə rāsá |
Come to the mosque tomorrow | Kandahari uses
the Arabic borrowings: سبا [from صباح] and مسجد . Whereas Sherani uses more pure Pashto: ګانده and مزدک |
Kandahari | سبا مسجد له راسه
sabā́ masjéd lə rāsá | |||
Northern [Yusupzai] | سبا جومات ته راشه
sabā́ jumā́t tə rāšá |
In comparison to
the two Southern dialects, ته is used instead of له and the form of the verb to-be: شول is used instead of سول |
Marwat-Bettani
In Marwat-Bettani the following is noted:[8]
Dialect[5] | ښ | ږ | څ | ځ | ژ | ش[9] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marwat | [ʃ] | [ʒ] | [t͡ʃ] | [d͡ʒ] | [z] | [ʃ],[s] |
Compare the words
Standard | Kandahar | Marwat | Marwat | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
رېبځ | /re.bəˈd͡z/ | رېبځ | /rebə'd͡ʒ/ | broom |
ږمنځ | /ʐmuŋd͡z/ | ږمنځ | /ʒməŋd͡ʒ/ | comb |
ژامه | /ʒɑˈ.ma/ | زامبه | /zɑˈm.ba/ | jaw |
مټينګى | /maʈinɡaˈi/ | مټونګى | /ma.ʈun.ɡaˈɪ/ | bastard |
پروړه | /proˈ.ɽa/ | پروړې | /proˈ.ɽe/ | straw |
دروزه | /d̪ruˈ.za/ | دروزې | /d̪ruˈ.ze/ | haulm |
Comparison with Karlāṇi Variaties
As noted by Khan Jazab, "Marwatwala" agrees with other Karlāṇi varieties in the phonetic change in ښ as [ʃ] but at times it separates where ش can be rendered as [s].[9]
Example:
Kandahāri | Karlāṇi | Marwatwāla | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
اوربشې
/or.bəˈ.ʃe/ orbә́še |
اربشې | اربسې | barley |
/ar.bəˈ.ʃe/ | /ar.bəˈ.se/ | ||
arbә́še | arbә́se | ||
سول
/swəl/ swəl |
شول | سلل | to become
[past tense,verbaliser] |
/ʃwəl/ | /sləl/ | ||
šwәl | sləl | ||
شخړه
/ʃxaˈ.ɽa/ šxáṛa |
سخړه | quarrel, strife | |
/ʃxəˈ.ɽa/ | |||
sxә́ṛa |
References
- "Glottolog 4.3 - Southern Pashto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- Prods Oktor Skjærvø, P.O. 1989. Pashto. In "Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum", R. Schmitt (ed.), 384-410.
- https://www.ethnologue.com/country/ir/languages
- بها, اکمل (2019). پښتو لهجوي قاموس. څلورم ټوک. د علومو اکډمي د ژبو او ادبياتو مرکز. pp. ۱-۹۸.
- Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.
- Kaye, Alan S.; Daniels, Peter T. (1997). Phonologies of Asia and Africa: (including the Caucasus). Eisenbrauns. p. 740. ISBN 978-1-57506-017-0.
- Habibi, A. H. "پښتو لهجې" (PDF). Alama Habibi.
- Rensch, Calvin Ross (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. pp. 79–145.
- Khan Jazab, Yousaf (2017). An Ethno-linguisitic Study of the Karlani Varieities of Pashto. Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar. p. 71.