A Look at the Karlani Dialects of Paktia and Wardak - For Haris

[pashtun_rise]

No man...i am seeing the young generation not speaking the dialects much...rather they are following standard versions of pashtu...this is alarming.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

No man...i am seeing the young generation not speaking the dialects much...rather they are following standard versions of pashtu...this is alarming.

I guess this takes place in urban areas?
Rural Pashtuns won't give up their language.

[R3SISTANC3]

Afridis say "mu" in place of "mung" and "taamba" for door..

hahahahahahahaha man I heard this word after so long. Taamba khlasa ka!

Also we use chola for laara, we use laira too, but also chola for like street for example komay cholai ke? De cholai ke!


manana young man, keep discussing. It's not always people discuss our dialect.

[Afghanistan2010]

Let me mention some difference of the Zadrans,

the use instead "a" or "o" sound mostly "e",they say
"kéhr" = house/home koor
"mér" = mother where as others say moor
"khér" = sister or khor


Zazai and Mangal both have many close links they are closer to eachother than Zadran to them,they both use such words like :
weksa = Look (which is for "wagorra" in common pakhto)

Zadrans use : wegerra = Look

[khushal]

Let me mention some difference of the Zadrans,

the use instead "a" or "o" sound mostly "e",they say
"kéhr" = house/home koor
"mér" = mother where as others say moor
"khér" = sister or khor

I have a question about this: isnt the above spoken in khost dialect. Do the zadran that live in the mountains also speak in this dialect. where they switch the "eh" for the "o" sound.

@Resistance, what region are you from?

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

hahahahahahahaha man I heard this word after so long. Taamba khlasa ka!

Also we use chola for laara, we use laira too, but also chola for like street for example komay cholai ke? De cholai ke!


manana young man, keep discussing. It's not always people discuss our dialect.

Resistance wrora, how do you say "egg" in your dialect?

Thanks.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

Let me mention some difference of the Zadrans,

the use instead "a" or "o" sound mostly "e",they say
"kéhr" = house/home koor
"mér" = mother where as others say moor
"khér" = sister or khor


Zazai and Mangal both have many close links they are closer to eachother than Zadran to them,they both use such words like :
weksa = Look (which is for "wagorra" in common pakhto)

Zadrans use : wegerra = Look

Da Zadrano dera khoga zhaba do.

Muzh ham "waksa" yayu.

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

I have a question about this: isnt the above spoken in khost dialect. Do the zadran that live in the mountains also speak in this dialect. where they switch the "eh" for the "o" sound.

@Resistance, what region are you from?

I think this is how the mountain Zadran speak.


In Urgun, they just change "a" for "o".

[khushal]

I think this is how the mountain Zadran speak.

In Urgun, they just change "a" for "o".

So the mountain zadran dialect is similar to the khost dialect?

[Hakim Khan Urgonai]

So the mountain zadran dialect is similar to the khost dialect?

Many Zadranan live in Khost, so maybe.

[R3SISTANC3]

Resistance wrora, how do you say "egg" in your dialect?

Thanks.

Yeah, thats another one, oya = egg and oye = eggs.

[Haris]

Resistance wrora, how do you say "egg" in your dialect?

Thanks.

I was going to ask this as well.

Yeah, thats another one, oya = egg and oye = eggs.

Same here.


When I was small learning to read Qu'ran in the Jumat, the mullah would stand me up in front of everyone and ask me how to say 'egg' in Pakhto. Then he would laugh because I said oya.


What about the term 'haghoi'?
The first time I came across it was on PF. Wardags (as far as I am aware) don't usually use that word.



I also strongly agree about the preservation of dialects. It is a part of our identity - just as we preserve Pakhto from influences from other languages to keep our identity, we should do the same with our own dialects.

[khushal]

I have heard agai or weeya but never oya, who says that?

[R3SISTANC3]

I have heard agai or weeya but never oya, who says that?

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Fish is mahi, or mayee.

[R3SISTANC3]

Why it's not proper? Does it belong to another language?