Pashtuns and Pakhtuns

[afghancoolguy]

I guess im kind of confused on this. My understanding is that Pashtuns are from the south and use words like sha and Pakhtuns are from the north and use kha. What is your take?

[graveyardofempires]

oh brother you seem to be too confused

there is Peshtun/pashtun(south Afg/Balochistan),there is Pukhtun(east afg kunar/jalalabad/Pukhtunkhwa)there is Pakhtun(north Afg/khosta paktia/Laghman)

[Fahd]

this is how wardak talk or most of them :p
YouTube - Wardak Interviews (June 2008) [/URL]


i just put random video :p

[afghancoolguy]

oh wow now im so confused, what about kabul I live in Kabul? What would that be considered?

[graveyardofempires]

oh wow now im so confused, what about kabul I live in Kabul? What would that be considered?

in kabul all come together

[afghancoolguy]

thanks for the info graveyardofempires ur the only one that answers me lol

[graveyardofempires]

thanks for the info graveyardofempires ur the only one that answers me lol

any time fella

im from kabul as well

[IamDZJ]

i used to believe that sha was the trademark of qandaharies until i spoke to my grandfather in phone a few years ago. when i went to afghanistan for a good week or two i could not understand a single word of pashto that my father's side of family spoke while i understood everything that my maternal side of the family spoke perfectly. the first come from sarobi kabul and the later from kunar and jalalabad. i have also seen paktiyawals and wardaks say sha.

[Nokia_Apridy]

دلته به د يو ټبر خبرا نه کوو

دلته که پښتون د پاره

ښ

د هر ټبر ژبه واړا وي....بدله کي

[طالب]

I guess im kind of confused on this. My understanding is that Pashtuns are from the south and use words like sha and Pakhtuns are from the north and use kha. What is your take?

Pashtuns and Pakhtuns are not different people, they're just different pronunciations of the same word: پښتون .

The key letter here is ښ . This is a special letter only found in Pashto AFAIK. The point is that in different Pashto dialects the letter is pronounced differently! For example in the Kandahari dialect this sound is pronounced /sh/while in the Yusufzai dialect it's pronounced /kh/.

That's why you see the two different spellings Pashtun and Pakhtun. They're just different pronunciations of the same word!

So to answer your question, Pashtuns and Pakhtuns are both from the north and the south!

[Roshina]

I guess im kind of confused on this. My understanding is that Pashtuns are from the south and use words like sha and Pakhtuns are from the north and use kha. What is your take?

Yeah, it's just a matter of dialects. The "kh" (Pekhawar, Pukhtun, Pukhto, Pakhto, kha) is used in the hard dialect, while the soft dialect uses "sh" for the same words: Peshawar, Pushtun/Pashtun, Pashto/Pushto, sha. You may click here for more information, including which regions use which dialect.

[BarakzaiAbdali]

Its not much different than German dialects. I learned German under a Bavarian and she taught me to say: Ish habe Deutsche gelernt im Gymnasium fur viere jahre, aber meine Deutsche ist nisht zehr gut." versus the Berliner dialect "Ich habe ... sehre gut "

Both are, far all intents and purposes, German dialects.

[torkham]

sha/kha sound

i used to believe that sha was the trademark of qandaharies until i spoke to my grandfather in phone a few years ago. when i went to afghanistan for a good week or two i could not understand a single word of pashto that my father's side of family spoke while i understood everything that my maternal side of the family spoke perfectly. the first come from sarobi kabul and the later from kunar and jalalabad. i have also seen paktiyawals and wardaks say sha.

please clarify. what do your sarobi relatives speak. sheen or kheen.

[torkham]

Its not much different than German dialects. I learned German under a Bavarian and she taught me to say: Ish habe Deutsche gelernt im Gymnasium fur viere jahre, aber meine Deutsche ist nisht zehr gut." versus the Berliner dialect "Ich habe ... sehre gut "

Both are, far all intents and purposes, German dialects.

und jetzt, bist du in deutshland oder was? ich auch hat gelernt imbischen deutsch, aber ich weis mein deutsch ist schlescht (!!!) ich war in hamburg fur acht jahren for meine magister studium. da leute sind so kalt und unfreundlisch in hamburg, und ich hat gehoert leute von bayern sind konservative un sehr christlisch. naja, so ist das leben.

ok wrora abdali, weider hoeren,

[Digital Malang]

please clarify. what do your sarobi relatives speak. sheen or kheen.

I am 100% sure they speak kheen.
source: tol umer me alta mayan/gaban eat karhee dee. de surobi mayan me us yadezee.....