Sistani (Persian: سیستانی , also known as Sistuni (سیستونی) is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani people in Iranian Sistan.[1][2] 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?
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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'?
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| It's gonna be late.
|
إره مئ شو
|
e'ra me'sho.
|
| I love you.
|
دل مه بالئ تره
|
del me bāle' tra.
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| Sistani is a good language.
|
سیستونی گپّ زبریه
|
sistoni gappe zabria.
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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
|
See also
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.
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