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Sistani dialect

Sistani (Persian: سیستانی, also known as Sistuni is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani people in Iranian Sistan. It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages.

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Sistani Persian
Sistuni Persian
سیستونی
Sistuni
PronunciationPārsi-e Sistāni, Pārsi-e Sistuni
Native toIran1
RegionSistan and Baluchestan Province1
EthnicitySistani Persians
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsist1235

Sistani (Persian: سیستانی, also known as Sistuni (سیستونی) is a dialect continuum of the Persian language3 spoken by Sistani people in Iranian Sistan.14 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? 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

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

See also

References

References

  1. Okati, Farideh; Ahangar, Abbas Ali; Anonby, Erik; Jahani, Carina (July 2010). "Natural Phonological Processes in Sistani Persian of Iran" (PDF). Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies. 2 (1): 94. doi:10.22111/ijals.2012.63. Retrieved 26 January 2025. provides an overview of natural phonological processes in the dialect of Sistani Persian spoken in Iranian Sistan, and reviews theoretical implications of these processes
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Sistani". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. "Sistani Persian". Glottolog. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  4. Nakosteen, Mehdi (1933). The Development of Persian Education and Learning. Cornell University. p. 89.
Sources

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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