Sistani (also known as Sistanian) is a dialect continuum spoken by Sistani people mainly in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan,[citation needed] Pakistan[citation needed] and Turkmenistan. It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages, and generally considered a dialect of Persian (Dari).
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 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 |
Words
| Sistani |
English equivalent |
| plaft |
withered |
| spest |
alfalfa |
| shpul |
whistle |
| kneshk |
frown |
| chrokh |
shiny |
| kutru |
puppy |
| chilāsk |
skinny |
| jangara |
aggressive |
| dajg |
tie |
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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