Sistani (Persian: سیستانی, also known as Sistuni (سیستونی) 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.

Sistani phrases

EnglishSistaniTransliteration
What's up?چکاره؟chkāra?
Why?ورچه؟varche?
What?چزه؟cheze?
Where?اگجه؟agja?
Come in.در شوdar 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 شوe'ra me'sho.
I love you.دل مه بالئ ترهdel me bāle' tra.
Sistani is a good language.سیستونی گپّ زبریهsistoni gappe zabria.

Comparison between Sistani dialect of Persian and Balochi language

EnglishSistaniBalochi
dustpalgpolg
perfectpurrapura
kisspakkpakko
fingerchongolchangol
noticesarpe'sarpad
scorpionqa'zumzum
excursionchaqalchakar
stupidga'nokganok
wrinklekrenjgerenchag

Sistani words

SistaniBalochiEnglish equivalent
plaftmolirwithered
spestespostalfalfa
shpulshulwhistle
kneshkbòzahrfrown
chrokhròkshiny
kutrugolloďpuppy
chilāskcalàskskinny
jangaraaggressive
dajgťayitie

See also

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.

External links

  • - official site (in Persian)
  • - (in Persian)