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Sistani dialect

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Sistani Persian
Sistuni Persian
سیستونی
Sistuni
PronunciationPārsi-e Sistāni, Pārsi-e Sistuni
Native toIran and Afghanistan
RegionSistan and Baluchestan Province, Nimruz Province
EthnicitySistani Persians
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsist1235

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

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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? (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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Nakosteen, Mehdi (1933). The Development of Persian Education and Learning. Cornell University. p. 89.

Sources

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  • "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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