Southern Pashto

Southern Pashto (Pashto: جنوبي/سهيلي پښتو) comprises the South Western (Pashto: سهيل لوېديزه پښتو) and South Eastern (Pashto: سهيل ختيځه پښتو) dialects.[1]

South Western

Kandahārí Pashtó (Pashto: کندهارۍ پښتو‎), also known as, Southwestern Pashto,[2] is a Pashto dialect, spoken in southern and western Afghanistan, including the city of Kandahar. It is similar with Quetta (Kakar) and Khattak dialects (95–100% similarities in vocabulary, and 80% with Yusufzai dialect). It is one of the most archaic varieties of Pashto.

Kandahari Pashto is spoken in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, most of Urozgan, Farah, and Nimruz, southeastern Ghor, the districts of Murghab, Ghormach, Muqur, and Jawand in Badghis, and parts of Zabul, Paktika, and Herat provinces of Afghanistan. It is also spoken in parts of the provinces of Razavi Khorasan and South Khorasan in Iran, where they numbered roughly 120,000 (in 1993).[3]

The Kandahari dialect retains archaic retroflex sibilants, /ʂ/ and /ʐ/ (in other dialects, they have shifted to ʃ/x and ʒ/g). Kandahari also has the affricates /t͡s/ and /d͡z/.

Lexical Variation

According to the "Pashto Dialectal Dictionary (Pashto: پښتو لهجوي قاموس‎)" published by the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan the following is noted in Kandahar province:[4]

Standard معياري myārí	Meaning مانا mānā́	Ghorak [Tribe: Popalzai]	Spin Boldak [Tribe: Achakzai]	Maruf [Tribe: Alizai]	Arghandab [Tribe: Alikozai]	Panjwayi [Tribe: Sakzai]	Kandahar [Tribe: Nurzai]
آباد/ ودان ābā́d/wadā́n	populated	ابات abā́t	ابات abā́t	ابات abā́t	ابات abā́t	ابات abā́t	ابات abā́t
اپلتې apláte	absurdity	چټيات čaṭyā́t	چټيات čaṭyā́t	اپلتې apláte	ګډې وډې gaḍé waḍé	ګډې وډې gaḍé waḍé	ګډې وډې gaḍé waḍé
اتکړۍ atkaṛə́i	handcuffs	زولنې zawlané	زولنې zawlané	زولنې zawlané	زولنې zolané	زولنې zolané	زولنې zolané
اخېړ axéṛ	plaster [clay mixed with straw]	ګل gә́l	ګل gә́l	ګل gә́l	کاګل kāgә́l	کاګل kāgә́l	کاګل kāgә́l
	mother	ادې adé	ادې adé	دادا dādā́	مور mor	مور mor	مور mor
	enimity	دښمني doṣ̌maní	تربورګلوي tarburgalwí	تربورګلوي tarburgalwí	دښمني doṣ̌maní	دښمني doṣ̌maní	دښمني doṣ̌maní
ارت art	wide	پېراخه perāxá	غټ ğaṭ	پراخ prāx	پيراخ pirā́x	پيراخ pirā́x	پيراخ pirā́x
اوبدل obdә́l	to weave	ودل wadә́l	ودل wadә́l	اودل odә́l	ودل wadál	ودل wadál	ودل wadál
اوړۀ oṛә́	flour	اوړۀ oṛә́	اوړۀ oṛә́	اوړۀ oṛә́	وړۀ waṛә́	وړۀ waṛә́	وړۀ waṛә́

South Eastern

In the Quetta and Kakar dialects /ʂ/ and /ʐ/ in South Western change to ʃ and ʒ. Whilst /t͡s/ and /d͡z/ are generally pronounced.

Dialect[5]	ښ	ږ	څ	ځ	ژ
Kandahar	[ʂ]	[ʐ]	[t͡s]	[d͡z]	[ʒ]
Quetta	[ʃ]	[ʒ]	[t͡s]	[d͡z]	[ʒ, z]

Pronouns are also archaic. It is differences in 'he' and 'she' pronouns. In all 3rd-person pronouns 'h' is articulated.

Personal pronoun[5]	Kandahar	Quetta	Meaning
زه	zə	zə	I
ته	tə, less often təi	tə, less often təi	you (singular)
هغه	hağə	ağə	he
هغه	hağe	ağə	she
موږ/مونږ	mʊẓ̌	mʊž/məž	we
تاسو/تاسې	tāse/tāsī	tāse/tāsī	you (plural)
هغوی	hağwi/hağūi	ağwi/ağūi	they

Sherani

According to Josef Elfenbein, Sherani Pashto can be classed either as South Western or South Eastern.[6] Word choice can be distinct:[7]

Dialect			Meaning	Notes
Southern	Sherani	ګانده مزدک له راسه gā́nda mazdə́k lə rāsá	Come to the mosque tomorrow	Kandahari uses the Arabic borrowings: سبا [from صباح] and مسجد . Whereas Sherani uses more pure Pashto: ګانده and مزدک
Southern	Kandahari	سبا مسجد له راسه sabā́ masjéd lə rāsá
Northern [Yusupzai]		سبا جومات ته راشه sabā́ jumā́t tə rāšá		In comparison to the two Southern dialects, ته is used instead of له and the form of the verb to-be: شول is used instead of سول

Marwat-Bettani

In Marwat-Bettani the following is noted:[8]

Dialect[5]	ښ	ږ	څ	ځ	ژ	ش[9]
Marwat	[ʃ]	[ʒ]	[t͡ʃ]	[d͡ʒ]	[z]	[ʃ],[s]

Compare the words

Standard	Kandahar	Marwat	Marwat	Meaning
رېبځ	/re.bəˈd͡z/	رېبځ	/rebə'd͡ʒ/	broom
ږمنځ	/ʐmuŋd͡z/	ږمنځ	/ʒməŋd͡ʒ/	comb
ژامه	/ʒɑˈ.ma/	زامبه	/zɑˈm.ba/	jaw
مټينګى	/maʈinɡaˈi/	مټونګى	/ma.ʈun.ɡaˈɪ/	bastard
پروړه	/proˈ.ɽa/	پروړې	/proˈ.ɽe/	straw
دروزه	/d̪ruˈ.za/	دروزې	/d̪ruˈ.ze/	haulm

Comparison with Karlāṇi Variaties

As noted by Khan Jazab, "Marwatwala" agrees with other Karlāṇi varieties in the phonetic change in ښ as [ʃ] but at times it separates where ش can be rendered as [s].[9]

Example:

Kandahāri	Karlāṇi	Marwatwāla	Meaning
اوربشې /or.bəˈ.ʃe/ orbә́še	اربشې	اربسې	barley
	/ar.bəˈ.ʃe/	/ar.bəˈ.se/
	arbә́še	arbә́se
سول /swəl/ swəl	شول	سلل	to become [past tense,verbaliser]
	/ʃwəl/	/sləl/
	šwәl	sləl
شخړه /ʃxaˈ.ɽa/ šxáṛa	سخړه		quarrel, strife
	/ʃxəˈ.ɽa/
	sxә́ṛa

References

"Glottolog 4.3 - Southern Pashto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
Prods Oktor Skjærvø, P.O. 1989. Pashto. In "Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum", R. Schmitt (ed.), 384-410.
https://www.ethnologue.com/country/ir/languages
بها, اکمل (2019). پښتو لهجوي قاموس. څلورم ټوک. د علومو اکډمي د ژبو او ادبياتو مرکز. pp. ۱-۹۸.
Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.
Kaye, Alan S.; Daniels, Peter T. (1997). Phonologies of Asia and Africa: (including the Caucasus). Eisenbrauns. p. 740. ISBN 978-1-57506-017-0.
Habibi, A. H. "پښتو لهجې" (PDF). Alama Habibi.
Rensch, Calvin Ross (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. pp. 79–145.
Khan Jazab, Yousaf (2017). An Ethno-linguisitic Study of the Karlani Varieities of Pashto. Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar. p. 71.

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[1] "Glottolog 4.3 - Southern Pashto". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2020-10-16.

[2] Prods Oktor Skjærvø, P.O. 1989. Pashto. In "Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum", R. Schmitt (ed.), 384-410.

[3] ttps://www.ethnologue.com/country/ir/languages

[4] بها, اکمل (2019). پښتو لهجوي قاموس. څلورم ټوک. د علومو اکډمي د ژبو او ادبياتو مرکز. pp. ۱-۹۸.

[Hallberg-5] Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.

[6] Kaye, Alan S.; Daniels, Peter T. (1997). Phonologies of Asia and Africa: (including the Caucasus). Eisenbrauns. p. 740. ISBN 978-1-57506-017-0.

[7] Habibi, A. H. "پښتو لهجې" (PDF). Alama Habibi.

[8] Rensch, Calvin Ross (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University. pp. 79–145.

[:0-9] Khan Jazab, Yousaf (2017). An Ethno-linguisitic Study of the Karlani Varieities of Pashto. Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar. p. 71.