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Pashto dialects

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Pashto dialects (Pashto: د پښتو ژبګوټي də Pəx̌tó žәbgóṭi) can be divided into two large varieties: Northern Pashto and Southern Pashto. Each of the two varieties of Pashto is further divided into a number of dialects. Northern Pashto is spoken in eastern Afghanistan, and central, northern and eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including Peshawar). Southern Pashto is spoken to the south of it, in southern and western Afghanistan (including Kandahar), southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan (including Quetta). 'Ethnologue' divides Pashto into Northern, Southern and Central Pashto, and Wanetsi.[2]

Dialectical Map of Pashto: An edited map of the Pashtun tribes, from Olaf Caroe’s “The Pathans”. The North Eastern dialects have been highlighted in dark blue, the North Western dialects in light blue, the North-Central (North Karlāṇi) is pink, the South-Central (South Karlāṇi) in red, the South Eastern in orange and the South Western in yellow.[1]
Pashto Dialects - "we"
Northern [Eastern and Western dialects]
/muɡ/
Northern [Eastern and Western dialects]
/munɡ/
Northern Eastern [Wardak Dialect]
/muʝ/
Central [Waziri]
/miʒ/
Central [Zadrāni]
/miʝ/
South Western [possibly Kunduz]
/muʐ/
South Eastern [Quetta]
/muʒ/
South Western [Kandahar]
/muʐ/
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Overview

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According to David Neil MacKenzie, a consonant shift took place in the northern parts of Pashtunistan in several phases in the medieval era. During the shift, the retroflex fricative ṣ̌ [ʂ] changed to x̌ [ç] or to x [x], while ẓ̌ [ʐ] changed to ǵ [ʝ] or to g [g].[3] That is supported by the linguist Georg Morgenstierne's assertion that the Pashto script developed in the Northeast which had the phonology of a Southwestern Pashto in the 16th century.[4] The shift was likely complete before the Pashto book Khayr al-Bayān was written by Bayazid Pir Roshan from Waziristan in 1651. According to Michael M. T. Henderson in Balochistan [Southeast]: the spilt ṣ̌ [ʂ] into š [ʃ] and ẓ̌ [ʐ] into ž [ʒ] may never have occurred in that they were always pronounced as š [ʃ] and ž [ʒ] there or that a split did occur.[5]

Among the other Eastern Iranian languages outside Pashto, the Shughni (Khughni) and Yazgulyami branch of the Pamir languages also seem to have been affected from the ṣ̌ to x consonant shift. E.g. "meat": ɡuṣ̌t in Wakhi and ğwáṣ̌a in Southwestern Pashto, but changes to guxt in Shughni and ğwáxa in Northerneastern Pashto.[6]

Classification

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1. Southern variety

  • Abdali dialect (or South Western dialect)
  • Kakar dialect (or South Eastern dialect)
  • Shirani dialect
  • Marwat-Bettani dialect
  • Southern Karlani group
  • Khattak dialect
  • Baniswola dialect
  • Dawarwola dialect
  • Masidwola dialect
  • Wazirwola dialect

2. Northern variety

  • Central Ghilji dialect (or North Western dialect)
  • Yusufzai dialect (or North Eastern dialect)
  • Northern Karlani group
  • Taniwola dialect
  • Khosti dialect
  • Zadran dialect
  • Mangal dialect
  • Afridi dialect
  • Khogyani dialect
  • Wardak dialect

3. Waṇetsi Dialect

Standards

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Regional standards

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There are several regional standard forms of Pashto which have high prestige, and serve as a means of communication between the various tribal communities in those regions.

Central Pashto

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Central Pashto dialects are also referred to as middle dialects.[7]

Southern regional standard

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Southern Pashto compromises of the South Western and South Eastern dialects.[8]

Southern Western Pashto, also called Kandahari Pashto, is the prestige variety of Pashto in southern and western Afghanistan.

A similar variety known as South Eastern is spoken in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.[9]

Northern regional

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Northern Pashto compromises of the North Western and North Eastern dialects.[10]

North Eastern Pashto, also called Eastern Pashto, is the prestige variety of Pashto, known as Yusufzai Dialect, it is spoken in central, northern, and eastern parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and in northeastern Afghanistan.

North Western Pashto is spoken, in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan, in the central Ghilji or Ghilzai region.[9]

Tareeno

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Main article: Wanetsi

Although this dialect is spoken only by the Spin Tareens and not the Tor Tareens, it is known locally as Tareeno and by Western academics as Wanetsi. It is the most distinct amongst the dialects of Pashto.

Features

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See also: Pashto phonology

Variations have been noted in dialects of Pashto.[11] The differences between the standard varieties of Pashto are primarily phonological, and there are simple conversion rules.[12] The morphological differences between the standard varieties are very few and unimportant. Two of the key phonemes whose pronunciation vary between the different Pashto dialects are ښ and ږ. The southern dialect of Kandahar is considered to be the most conservative with regards to phonology. It retains the original pronunciation of these two phonemes as voiceless and voiced retroflex sibilants, respectively, and does not merge them into other phonemes unlike the northern dialects.[13]

The dialects spoken by the tribes from the Karlani confederacy of Pashtuns are lexicologically different and very varied. Moreover, the Karlani dialects have a tendency towards a change in the pronunciation of vowels. Depending on the particular dialect, the standard Pashto [a], [ā], [o], [u] may change into [ā], [â/å/o], [ȯ/ȫ/e], [i], respectively.[14] In the Karlani dialects of Waziristan, Bannu, and Tani (southern Khost), which follow the vowel shift to the greatest extent, these four vowels normally change into [ā], [o], [e], [i], respectively.

The nine phonemes represented in the column headings below show key phonetic differences between the dialects. Five of them are consonants written in the Pashto alphabet, and four are vowels written in the Latin script; sounds are transcribed in the IPA:

Dialects Subdialects Location ښ ږ څ ځ ژ a ā o u
Abdali Southern and western Afghanistan, including Kandahar [ʂ] [ʐ] [t͡s] [d͡z] [ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Kākaṛ Northern Balochistan [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s] [d͡z] [ʒ, z] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Shirani Shirani and Darazinda [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [z] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Marwat-Beṭani-Ganḍāpur[15] Lakki Marwat, Jandola, Tank, and Dera Ismail Khan [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ] [z] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Tareeno[16] Haranai Harnai and Sanjawi [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s, s, t͡ʃ] [d͡z, z, d͡ʒ] [z] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Choter
Khattak General Karak District and eastern Kohat [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɔ] [o] [u]
Teri
Nasrati
Baniswola Bannu, Mir Ali, Baka Khel, Jani Khel [ʃ] [ʒ] [s] [z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɔ] [ɛː] [i]
Dawarwola Tochi in North Waziristan [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [o] [e] [i]
Wazirwola Southern [17](Ahmadzai) From Janimela, South Waziristan to Shuidar Ghar (south of Razmak) [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɒ] [œː, ɛː] [i]
Masidwola South Waziristan [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡ʃ] [d͡ʒ] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɒ] [œː, ɛː] [i]
Northern [17](Utmanzai) North Waziristan, Khaisora Valley, Razmak, Dossali, Datta Khel, Spin Wam, Shawal[18] [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɔ] [œː, ɛː] [i]
Taṇi Tani, Gurbuz, and Mandozayi, in southern Khost [x] [ɡ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [o] [e] [i]
Khosti Central and northern Khost [x] [ɡ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɒ] [ɵ] [u]
Dzādroṇ[19] The Zadran Arc in southern Paktia, northeastern Paktika, and southwestern Khost [ç] [ʝ] [t͡s] [d͡z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [o] [o, e] [u, i]
Bangash-Orakzai-Turi-Zazi-Mangal Kurram, eastern Paktia, northeastern Khost, Orakzai, Hangu, and northwestern Kohat [x] [ɡ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɔ] [o] [u]
Apridi[20][21] Kambar Khel Central and southern Khyber and Darra Adamkhel [x] [ɡ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ, d͡ʒ] [ɑ] [ɔ] [ɵ] [u, i]
Zakha Khel
Khogyani Khogyani, Sherzad, and Pachir aw Agam, in southwestern Nangarhar [x] [ɡ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [ɑ] [ɒ] [ɵ] [u]
Wardag Chaki Wardak, Saydabad, Jaghatu, and Jilga, in central and southern Maidan Wardak [ç] [ʝ] [t͡s] [d͡z] [ʒ, z] [ɑ] [ɒ] [o] [u]
Central Ghilzai[9] Central Ghilji region
(Sharana, Qalat, southern Ghazni, etc.) 		[ç] [ʝ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ, z] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Momand and Shinwari Upper Momand and Shinwari Nangrahar province [x] [ɡ] [t͡s, s] [d͡z, z] [ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Lower Momand

(Ghoryakhel)

Peshawar, Mohmand Districy [x] [ɡ] [s] [z] [d͡ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Yusapzai Swat Central, northern, and eastern Pakhtunkhwa
(Dir, Swat, Swabi, Hazara etc.) 		[x] [ɡ] [s] [z] [d͡ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Mardan
  • Dialects belonging to the southern non-Karlani variety, the southern Karlani variety, the northern Karlani variety, and the northern non-Karlani variety, respectively, are color-coded.
  • Tareeno/Wanetsi is color-coded as pink

Grammar

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Main article: Pashto grammar

The grammatical rules are may vary slightly in dialects; with the most divergence in Tarīno. Example:[22]

Dialect Dialect Sentence Literary Pashto Meaning Divergence Noted
Kandahar پلوشه راغلل

Palwašá rā́ğləl

پلوشه راغله

Palwašá rā́ğla

Palwasha came 3rd Person Plural Verbal suffix ل [əl] employed

instead of 3rd Person Feminine Verbal Suffix ه [a]

Nangarhar ما او تا ښار ته ځو

mā aw tā xār tə zú

زه او ته ښار ته ځو

zə aw tə x̌ār tə dzú

Me and you are going to the city Oblique pronouns ما [mā] and تا [tā] used instead of direct pronouns زه [zə] and ته [tə]
Dzādzə́i پلوشه زما خور دی

Palwašá zmā xor de

پلوشه زما خور ده

Palwašá zmā xor da

Palwasha is my sister No differentiation in masculine and feminine "to be" - uses دی
Ghani Paktya هلکان راغلو

haləkā́n rā́ğlu

هلکان راغل

haləkā́n rā́ğləl

The boys came The third person plural verbal suffix "u" used instead of "əl"

Lexemes

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Special words

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Dialects can also have special vocabulary[23]:

Dialect Meaning Pashto general</general> Borrowings
ديګول

ḍigwә́l

Banisi nest جاله / ځاله

dzā́la / jā́la

Not used
دوګول

ḍugwә́l

Marwat
رېبون[24]

rebū́n

Waṇetsi shirt خت

xat

کميس

kamís

[from Arabic]

کليس[25]

kə́līs

Waṇetsi intellect ذهن/عقل

zehn/akə́l

[from Arabic]

پينۍ[26]

pinə́i

Kakāṛi universe ټوپن

ṭopán

جهان

jahā́n

[from Persian]

Example:

 
Special Vocabulary Example
Kə́līs (intellect)
Tareeno
Pashto [Southeastern Dialect]
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ما دې دا خبرې ته کليس نه رسېژ

mā

me:1:SG:STR:POSS

de

de:CONT:PARTICLE

dā

this:DEM

xabə́re

word:F:SG:OBL

tə

to:POST

kə́līs

intellect:M:SG:DIR

nə́

not:NEG

raséž

reach:CONT:PRS:3:SG

mā de dā xabə́re tə kə́līs nə́ raséž

me:1:SG:STR:POSS de:CONT:PARTICLE this:DEM word:F:SG:OBL to:POST intellect:M:SG:DIR not:NEG reach:CONT:PRS:3:SG

This topic is beyond my understanding


Compare:

زما دغه خبرې ته ذهن/عقل نه رسېږي

zmā

me:1:SG:STR:POSS

dáğe

this:DEM:OBL

xabə́re

word:F:SG:OBL

tə

to:POST

zehn/akə́l

intellect:M:SG:DIR

nə́

not:NEG

raséži

reach:CONT:PRS:3

zmā dáğe xabə́re tə zehn/akə́l nə́ raséži

me:1:SG:STR:POSS this:DEM:OBL word:F:SG:OBL to:POST intellect:M:SG:DIR not:NEG reach:CONT:PRS:3

This topic is beyond my understanding

Derivative words

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These can be classed as deriving from "standard" Pashto

Dialect Derived From Pashto general Meaning
وېړکی

wéṛkay

Wazirwola ووړکی

wóṛkay

هلک

halə́k

boy
ږغ

ʐağ

Kandahar غږ

ğaǵ

sound, voice, call
باچخه[27]

bāčə́xa

some Yusapzai باچا

bāčā́

ملکه

maláka

queen
يره

yára

Yusapazai وېره

wéra

fear

Lexical comparison

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English gloss Kandahar Quetta Harnai[28] Lakki Marwat Karak Bannu Miramshah Wana Tani Parachinar Bangash Jamrud Kaga Khogyani Chaki Wardak[9] Sharana Kabul Peshawar Pashto lexeme
Pashto Paṣ̌to Pašto Pašto Pašto Pāštȫ Pāšte Pāšte Pāxte Pāxtȯ Pāxtȫ Pāxtȯ Pāx̌tȯ Pax̌to Puxto Puxto پښتو
four tsalor tsalor tsalor čalor tsālȫr sāler tsālwer tsāler tsālȯr tsālwȫr tsālȯr tsālȯr tsalor tsalor salor څلور
six špaẓ̌ špaž špož špaž špež špež špež špeg špeg špeg špeg špeǵ špaǵ špag špag شپږ
woman ṣ̌ədza šədza šədza šəǰa šədzā šəzā šədzā xədzā x̌ədzā xədzā x̌ədzā x̌ədzā x̌ədza xədza xəza ښځه
father plār plār pyār plār plår plor plor plor plâr plår plâr plâr plār plār plār پلار
many ḍer zyāt ḍer zyāt tsaṭ ḍer zyāt ḍer zyåt pirā zyot rəṭ zyot rəṭ zyot ḍer zyât ḍer zyåt ḍer zyât ḍer zyât ḍer zyāt ḍer zyāt ḍer zyāt ډېر زيات
few ləẓ̌ ləž ləž ləž ləž ləški ləški ləg ləg ləg ləg ləǵ ləǵ ləg ləg لږ
how tsənga tsənga tsona čərang tsərāng sərāng tsərāng tsərge tsəngā tsərāng tsəngā tsəngā tsənga tsənga singa څنګه
who tsok tsok čok čok tsȫk sek tsek tsek tsȯk tsȫk tsȯk tsȯk tsok tsok sok څوک
to drink čṣ̌əl čšəl ğwətang čšəl tshi čšəl čšəl tsəxəl tsəxəl tsəxəl tsəxəl čx̌əl čx̌əl tskəl skəl څښل
foot pṣ̌a pša špa, ğədəi pša pšā pšā pšā pxā pxā pxā pxā px̌ā px̌a pxa xpa پښه
we muẓ̌ muž moš muž muž miž miž mig mu mu mu muǵ muǵ mung mung موږ
my zmā zmā mā eğē emā emå emo emo emo emâ emå emâ emâ zmā zəmā zamā زما
your stā stā tāğa etā etå eto eto eto etâ etå etâ etâ stā stā stā ستا
girl nǰiləi nǰiləi čwara ǰinkəi wȫṛkəi weṛkye weṛkye weṛkye wȯṛkəi wȫṛkye wȯṛkəi wȯṛkəi ǰiləi ǰinəi ǰinē نجلۍ
boy halək halək čorá kṛāčay wȫṛkāi weṛkā weṛkāi weṛkāi wȯṛkāi wȫṛkāi wȯṛkāi wȯṛkāi halək halək halək هلک
Sun lmar lmar mir nmar merə stərgā myēr ğormə stərgā myerə stərgā merə stərgā merə stərgā lmerə stərgā lmer lmar nmar nwar لمر
egg hagəi hagəi hoya angəi wȫyā yeyā yeyā yeyā ȯyā wȫyā ȯyā ȯyā hagəi hagəi, hā hagē, hā هګۍ
yes/no wo/ya wo/na wo/na ya/na wȫ ē/nā ē/nā yē/nā wȯ/nā ē/nā wȯ/nā wȯ/nā wo/na wo/na ao/na هو\نه
home kor kor kor kor kȫr kēr ker ker kȯr kȫlə kȯr kȯr kor kor kor کور
I am yəm yəm ī yəm yəm yə yə yə yəm yəm yəm yəm yəm yəm yəm یم
I go dzəm dzəm dramī ǰəm tsəm sə tsə tsə tsəm tsəm tsəm tsəm dzəm dzəm zəm ځم
tongue žəba zəba zbə zəba žəbā žəbā žəbā žəbā žəbā ǰəbā žəbā zəbā zəba žəba ǰəba ژبه
it exists sta sta sta sta štā štā štā štā štā štā štā štā sta šta šta شته
bear yiẓ̌ yiž yiržá yiž yiž yiž yiž yig yig yig yig yiǵ yiǵ yig yig ايږ
ant meẓ̌ay mežay merža mežay mežāi mežāi mežāi megāi megāi megāi megāi məǵātāi meǵay megay megē مېږی
English gloss Kandahar Quetta Harnai Lakki Marwat Karak Bannu Wana Tani Parachinar Jamrud Kaga Chaki Wardak Sharana Kabul Peshawar Pashto lexeme

In general, the Karlani dialects, both in southern and northern varieties, show more vocabulary differences than the non-Karlani southern and northern dialects.

See also

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References

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