Wanetsi
| Wanetsi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Pakistan, Afghanistan |
| Region | Balochistan |
Native speakers | (95,000 cited 1998)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Pashto alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wne |
| Glottolog | wane1241 |
Waṇētsī (Pashto: وڼېڅي), also called Tarīnō (Pashto: ترينو), Chalgarī (Pashto: څلګري tsalgarī), or Waneci, is a Pashto dialect which is spoken by a small population of Tareen tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan, primarily in Harnai and Sanjawi area east of Quetta, northern Balochistan, Pakistan. Wanetsi has some similarities with the Pamir language of Munji, which is spoken in the southern part of Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan.[2]
Although usually considered a Pashto dialect, the prevailing view of modern scholars is that Wanetsi may be considered a separate language, which branched off from modern Pashto in the early Middle Iranian stage before some of the characteristics of Pashto had been fully developed. Prods Oktor Skjærvø states:
The Pashto area split into two dialect groups at a pre-literary period, represented today on the one hand by all the dialects of modern Pashto and on the other by Waneci and by archaic remains in other southeast dialects.[3]
Now Wanetsi is getting more and more influenced by standard Pashto. There are also dialectal divisions within Wanetsi, although the variation between them is very small.
Differences between Wanetsi and Kandahari Pashto
| Wanetsi | Kandahari | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| sī | səl | hundred |
| šwī | šəl | twenty |
| agha/gha (postposition) |
da (preposition) |
of |
| mōš | muẓ̌ | we |
| piyār | plār | father |
| yirž | yiẓ̌ | bear |
| tərža | təẓ̌ay | thirsty |
| tōw, tōwa | tod, tawda | hot |
| ğandəm | ğanəm | wheat |
| māst | myāst | month |
| atā | atyā | eighty |
| wžəndz | ẓ̌mundz | comb |
| sunzən | stən | needle |
| brēstəṇ | bṛastən | quilt |
| činostang | kṣ̌enāstəl | to sit down |
| wayang | wayəl | to say |
| ze kī | zə kawəm | I do |
Examples of sentences showing the difference:[2]
| Wanetsi | Kandahari | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| اندي وګوړي چي موښ پيار غه څټ لېژدي وي indī waguṛī čī mōš piyār ğa tsaṭ lēždī wī |
په دې کلي کې زموږ د پلار ډېر غويان وو pə de kəli ke zmuẓ̌ da plār ḍer ğwayān wu |
In this village our father had many bulls. |
| شمزې و خوارږه شوې مي دې غوزين šamze o xwāržə šwe mī de ğōzīn |
شلومبې او خوږې شيدې هم چښي šlombe aw xwaẓ̌e šide ham čṣ̌i |
[They] also drink buttermilk and sweet milk. |
See also
References
- ^ Wanetsi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b "AFGHANISTAN vi. Paṧto, F. Waṇecī". G. Morgenstierne. Encyclopaedia Iranica Online Version. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4. LINK