Wanetsi

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Pashto dialect spoken in northeastern Balochistan

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::summary Pashto dialect spoken in northeastern Balochistan ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]

Field	Value
name	Wanetsi
nativename	وڼېڅي
image	وڼېڅي.svg
states	Pakistan
region	Balochistan
speakers
date	2020
ref	e27
familycolor	Indo-European
fam2	Indo-Iranian
fam3	Iranian
fam4	Southeastern
fam5	Pashto-Wanetsi
script	Pashto alphabet
iso3	wne
glotto	wane1241
glottorefname	Waneci
imagecaption2	The Spin Tarin informant of the linguist Georg Morgenstierne
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Waṇetsi (), commonly called Tarīno (), and sometimes Tsalgari (), is a distinct variety of Pashto and is considered by some to be a different language. In some cases, Wanetsi shares similarities with the Pamir language of Munji, being a sort of bridge between the former and Pashto. It is perhaps a representation of a more archaic, or very early, form of Pashto.

It is spoken by the Tareen in Balochistan, Pakistan, primarily in Harnai (هرنای) (Harnai District) and Chawter (چوتېر) area in Sanjawi, Northern Balochistan, Pakistan. The language is at risk due to lack of attention and not liking it as a language by foreigners.

History

Professor Prods Oktor Skjærvø states:

by all the dialects of modern Pashto and on the other by Waṇeci and by archaic remains in other Southeast dialects"|source=page 386}}

According to Encyclopædia Iranica Waṇetsi branched off from the other Pashto dialects in the Middle Iranian stage:

Research

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The first known linguistic research was conducted in 1929 by Georg Morgenstierne on Waṇetsi. Since then linguists like Josef Elfenbein have worked and researched on this archaic Pashto dialect. In his book, Syed Khair Muhammad Arif, "Tarin aw Tarīno" has also included a small dictionary of Waṇetsi. ٙBut much work remains to be done on understanding Waṇetsi.

Poetry

The Waṇetsi Poet Nizamuddin Nizami Tarin, a Spin Tarin from Chawter, has also compiled poetry in the language. An excerpt from his poem in Waṇetsi:

| نيکۀ څېنه بړ سړا ده څۀ اړ توني چي بسيا ده خپل وېل مندې دې پای او خپله توره یې ساتیا ده پیني چرته رسېده ده موش ته پاته اومبې پلا ده یه وږده توره تارۀ ده پچي هر خپل پرېدا ده شپون ولس د کوڼ و کونګ ده هر سړا ځان ته بلا ده نۀ ډاکتر او نۀ طبیب سته با څانګال ده شېخ راغا ده خپل وطن مو خوارې ورېزې بېل داڼځوني پورې نا ده دا ورسو ځنګل یه لغ سوه مندې وور نسته وګا ده موش اوبۀ دې سپه ته خېزين وريځ سته ورکه تنا ده دا وطنه مرغان ورک سو څۀ ښکار ده که وبا ده با اغېنه سوړ چوتېر ده با اغه سړه هوا ده بالمي صدۍ میر خوت ده تا لا اغل شا شوریا ده راسه ژوېږ که زان ساماکه خيلک ټول سو ده څه دنیا ده داڅې قبر یې هوار سو ده دا ښاغله تا ابا ده تر هر چا یه یې مسېر تاغه لوړه جګه خوا ده ته لا تروسه چرته ورک یې کم پهار ده کم ګړا ده هله پورته سه لغ وریش سه بې تعلیمه کام تبا ده ما-و-تا مي پرېدي سوو داني ورېز دا ده راغیا ده څه بې تا يه يو جټ نۀ وي دا ده هر جټ مې بې تا ده تا څه خولې يه اېله کړ نظامي ګونه هريا ده | How strong/capable grandfather is, that in a hill-locked place [lit. tied place] he is prosperous. That on his own sustenance he survives, he has kept his own bravery [lit. sword]. The world has reached where [advanced], how much of a journey we have left for us. There is a long darkness, in it every relative is a stranger. The shephard nation is blind and dumb, every man is a constitution to oneself. Neither is their a doctor nor a traditional-doctor, there is a tsāngā́l [an animal-sacrifice conducted to ward off evil], the sacrificer [lit.holyman] has come. Our own land on a wretched day, till there is no wne [a confederation formed in defence; made up of different tribes]. These meadows have become barren [lit. shaved-off] than a wasteland, on it there is no rain: there is wind. Our water is climbing down, there are clouds: lost is the thunder. From this country birds are lost, is it the hunt or the plague. Again it is like that cold Chawter, again that cold air. The preceding century's sun has risen, you still like that are laying on your back. Come make noise, make yourself known. People have gathered all around. That whose grave has been flattened that gentlemen is your father From everyone you are chief, your aspect is high and tall. Yet till now where are you lost: which season is it, which hour. Come-on go ahead wake-up a bit, without education a nation is destroyed. Me and you have also become strangers, such a day has come That from without you there was no moment, this every moment of mine is without you. That you have left from reality, Nizami has lost sin. |attr1= |attr2=

Music

The singer Khayam Tareen (خيام ترين) has also sung songs in Waṇetsi.

Phonology

Consonants

::data[format=table] | Labial | Denti- alveolar | Alveolar | Retroflex | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular/ Glottal | Nasal | Plosive | voiceless | voiced | Affricate | voiceless | voiced | Flap | Fricative | voiceless | voiced | Approximant | Rhotic | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Waṇetsi has [] and [] for Pashto ښ and ږ, respectively.
څ does not merge with [s] but can be pronounced as [] and ځ does not merge with [z] but can be pronounced as [].
[] is dropable in Waṇetsi e.g. هغه becomes اغه

Vowels

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Front	Central	Back	Close	Mid	Open



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Josef Elfenbein states: "ī and ū are not phonemically distinct from i and u respectively, and are pronounced [i] and [u] respectively when unstressed (and not [ɪ] and [ʊ] as in Kākaṛī), and [iː] and [uː] when stressed."
There is a marked spontaneous tendency to palatalize "ī" as "yī" and "ē" as "yē"; and to labialize "ū" as "wū" and "ō" as "wo". Initial delabialization is common in "wū" as "ū" and "wō" as "ō".
The stressed short "á" is often lengthened, and an unstressed long "ā" shortened.
The standard weakening of final vowels in Waṇetsi makes the masculine-feminine gender distinction much less audible: [ə] and [a] are not phonemically distinct when unstressed in any position. But stressed final ә́ is kept apart from stressed á as in general Pashto.

Nasalisation

Waṇetsi also has vowel nasalisation which is transcribed as / ̃/ or ں in the Pashto alphabet.

Stress

Verbs

Like Pashto, verbs have final stress in the imperfective aspect and initial stress in the perfective aspect. ::data[format=table]

Imperfective	Meaning	Perfective	Meaning
چينستي	I was sitting	چينستي	I sat down
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Examples: ::data[format=table]

Examples	Waṇetsi	Southeastern Pashto	Translation	Impefective	زې چينستي خو اغه راغيا	ze čīnastī́ xo áğa rā́ğyā	Perfective	زې چينستي	ze čī́nasti
زه کښېناستم خو هغه راغله	I was sitting [or about to sit] that she came
zə kšenāstə́m xo hağá rā́ğla
زه کښېناستم	I sat
zə kšénāstəm
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Words

Stress can also change the meaning of words, as in Pashto.

Example: ::data[format=table]

Word	IPA: following general stress pattern [penultimate syllable]	IPA: following exception stress pattern
	well/healthy [feminine];	a pair
jṓṛa	jōṛá
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Subdialects

Tarīno is subdivided into the Harnāi variety and the Chawter variety.

Grammatical comparison with general Pashto

Adpositions

Possessive

The possessive postposition غه is used instead of د ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	General Pashto	Translation
غه	د	of
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Example: ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	Southeastern	Meaning	Sentence	اندي وګړي چي موش پيار غه څټ لېژدي وي	indī́ wagaṛī́ čī moš pyār ğa tsaṭ leždī́ wī
په دې کلي کې زموږ د پلار ډېر غويان وو	In this village our father had many bulls.
pə de kə́li ke zmuž də plār ḍer ğwayā́n wu
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Idiomatic Expression

Tareeno also varies from Pashto in idiomatic expression.

Example: نهير /nahī́r/ “thought” - used with the verb to hit ::data[format=table]

Tareeno	Southeastern Pashto	Meaning	ته دا نهير وله	tə dā nahīr wū́la
ته داسې سوچ وکړه	Think like this
you this thought hit [imperative]	you like-this thought do [imperative]
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Verbal Suffixes

First Person Suffix

The first person verbal suffixes also change: ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	Pashto	Translation	Change noted
زې کي	زه کوم	I do	م ← ي
زې وايي	زه وايم	I say
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Second Person Suffix

Translation: For the singular: "wyā́ra" and for the plural "wyā́re"|format=Wav}}Some verbal suffixes like the feminine third person suffix [ه and ې] are the same: ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	Pashto	Translation
وياړه	لاړه	She went
go:Aorist:Past:3Person:Singular:Feminine
وياړې	لاړې	They [females] went
go:Aorist:Past:3Person:Plural:Feminine
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Third Person Suffix

Past Suffix

Like standard Pashto the third person suffix for verbs with the root وتل the third person past suffix is different for the singular and plural. ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	Meaning	Standard	دغه سړا وته چووت	دغه سړي وته چواته
that man entered it	دغه سړی ور ته ننووت
those men entered it	دغه سړی ور ته ننواته
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Comparison with general Pashto

Poetry

The following is provided by Zamir Gulbahar (ظمير ګلبهار), a Tareeno poet from Harnai: |head1=Waṇetsi |lang=wne|rtl1=y|italicsoff=y| دلته مزي کزي کار ده يو بي خولې ګولې دې کانين پرېدي خلک' دې څه کې' خپل خپلوان دې يو بي نانين څه مټانو چي زور وين اغه خلک ټول پوره دي څه نستمن وين لايګړ وين اغه خلک ټول ماندۀ دي دا بې مايله خلک وکسه يو بي کاپن دې کانين دلته ټول تلهټ تلهټ دي که خواران دي که مال دار دي نه ې يې ګړي ډکتوب سته ټول روپيو پلس ګار دي بس دغه ډول خلک خوش دي بس دغني زوند دې نانين هر سړا هړکې هړکې ده ټولو خلکو کا هبره ده شور ده زونګه دې لګيا دي هر سړي غه کار ماندۀ ده زې دا وايي که دا زوند وين بس دغني زوند دې ما نين سدو بدو وسره نسته څه دا کمې خوا روان دي يو بي هګا نه دي بس زوېندي بنديګانان دي ګلبهاره ټول بې خوش سين که يو بي ته څه لار وانين |head2=Pashto |lang2=wne|rtl2=y|italicsoff2=y| دلته زورور او کمزوری کار دی د يو بل خولې څخه خواړۀ کاږي پردي خلک' څه کوې' خپل خپلوان يو بل نه پرېږدي چې په مټو کې زور لري هغه خلک ګړد پوره دي چې بې وسه وي بې کسه (لا يوازی) وي هغه خلک ټول ماندۀ دي دا بې مينې خلک وګوره د يو بل څخه پرده اخلي دلته ګړد ستړي ستومانه دي که خواران دي که مال دار دي نه يې يو ساعت مړېدۀ شته ګړد په پيسو پسې ورک دي بس دغه شان خلک خوښ دي بس دغه شان ژوند نه پرېږدي هر سړی په تعضيله دی ټولو خلکو کړی بې صبري ده شور دی غوغه ده غوبل دی د هر سړي کار ماندۀ دی زه دا واييم که دغه ژوند وي بس دغه شان ژوند دې زما نه وي دا درک ور سره نشته دوی په کومې خوا روان دي له يو بل څخه خبر نه دي هسې ژوندي انسانان دي ګلبهاره ګړد به خوشحاله شي که يو بل ته څه نه څه لار پرېږدي

Lexical Comparison

The following list has been provided by the Waṇetsi poet Nizamuddin Nizami ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi Pashto	Southeastern Pashto	Meaning	تره ژمي	taražmī́	غوبله	ğūblə́	لهه	láha	لهړ	laháṛ	ژله	žə́la	کولي	kūlí	پرڅله	partsála	ګوګ	gōg	ارغولا	arğōlá	غوله	ğṓla	اربوی	orbṓy	درګه	dárga	لېښت	lešt	کاوي	kā́wi	غاب	ğāb	منګوټا	mangōṭá	چمچره	čimčarə́	کړېڅي	kṛetsí	شپې تنا	špe tə̃ná	رېبون	rebún	بخڅه	buxtsə́	لاس وينځونه	lās winzū́na	ګوډي	guḍī́	بدني	badnī́	دنګ	dang	مېژوا	mežwá	خولبزه	xōlbáza	لېڅکي	letskí	تبخا	tabxá	منګا	mangá	رنګلون	ranglū́n	وړکې	waṛáke	پوړدګ	pōrdág	پاخلې	pā́xle	پټکا	paṭká	ییر	yayə́r	غوړنه	ğwaṛə́na	توڼه	tū́ṇa
ترژومۍ	the time of the evening where the darkness has not been fully come;
قبله	Kiblah
شېله	a watercourse in which rain water flows
مانده	weak; tired
ږغل	sludge, gravel
کوډل	shack
برنډه	veranda
روشندان	roshandan; combined skylight and ventilating window.
لنګر	kitchen
صحن	patio
هوېلي	haveli
دروازه/وړ	door
لښته	stick
لوښي	dishes
ټولګي	plate
کټو	cooking pot
کشهغه	spoon
د لرګي چمچي	a wooden spon
د شپې ځای	the place for the night
قميص	shirt
بوتوه	purse
واشبېسن, سلمچي	washbasin
غړک	the handle for the press used to make buttermilk
لوټه	a small jug/bucket
بوتل	bottle
مېژوی	peg; tethering post; tied on a horse
سرپوښ	lid, dish cover
پرړه	rope
ټګونه	a flat pan
منګی	earthenware waterpot
د رنګ لوټه	a container for colour
وړۍ	wool
پرتوګ	pant
پایڅې	the openings of a pant near the ankle; cuffs/hems
پټکی	turban
راشن	ration
کتنپلاوی	overseer/oversight
بازار	market
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Sentence Comparison

Sample 1

The following examples have been provided by Nizamuddin Nizami ::data[format=table]

Sample 1	Sentence No.	Waṇetsi	General	Translation	1	خور کور مې اغه توني ته نزدې ده	wne	2	زې اوبه غوزي	ze obə́ ğozí	3	موش څه غندم وکورو بیار بې وته درمو	moš tsə ğandə́m wə́ kōru byār be watə dramū́	4	ته غره یې کوز سه بیار به دې وسره خبرې وکي	tə ğrə ye kū́z sa byār bə de wasará xabə́re wə́ kī	5	آ چوره دې لونډه خوره	ā čwára de lū́nḍa xwrə́	6	ما لوشي واخسته	mā lōší wā́xstə	7	ته بي ښار ته ویاړې	tə bi šār tə wyā́ṛe	8	زمي چي دلته واوره ورېده	zə́mi či də́lta wā́wra waredá	9	مور یې مچنې ډلي	mor ye mečə́ne ḍalī́	10	ما واده چي لبه که	mā wādə́ či lába ká	11	ته بډا سوې	tə buḍā́ swe	12	اغه ښځې اندي توني يه اورته ویاړه	áğa šə́dze indī́ tūní ya ortá wyā́ṛa
د خور کور مې هغې ځای ته نژدې دی	My sister's house is near to that place
pbt
زه اوبه څښم	I am drinking water
zə obə́ čšə́m
موږ چې غنم وکرو نو بيا به ورځو	Once we plant the wheat, then we will go [to them]
muž če ğanə́m wə́ karu no byā ba war dzú
ته د غرۀ نه راکوشه نو بيا به در سره خبررې وکړم	You come down from the mountain, then i will talk to you
tə də ğrə na rā́kuša no byā bə dar sará xabə́re wə́ kṛam
هغه نجلۍ ډوډۍ خوري	That girl over there is eating food
háğa njalə́i ḍoḍə́i xwri
ما جامې واغستې	I wore clothes
mā jāmé wāğaste
ته بل ښار ته لاړې	You went to anothercity
tə bəl šār tə lā́ṛe
ژمي کې دلته واوره ورېده	In winter it was snowing here
žə́mi ke də́lta wā́wra waredá
مور يې مېچنې ګرځولې	His/her/there mother was working the hand-mills
mor ye mečə́ne gardzawlé
زه ګډېدم په وادۀ کې	I was dancing in the wedding
zə gaḍedə́m pə wādə́ ke
ته بوډه شوې	You have become old
tə budá šwe
هغه ښځه دې ځاي نه هلته لاړه	That woman went from this place to therere
háğa šə́dza de dzáyi na hálta lā́ṛa
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Sample 2

The following examples have been provided by Nizamuddin Nizami ::data[format=table]

Sample 2	Sentence No.	Waṇetsi	General	Translation	1	کاډي وچلوه	gā́di wə́ čalawa	2	ته اورته مه درمه	tə ortá mə́ dramá	3	اور بلو ده که مړ	awə́r baláw da kə maṛ	4	اغه خلک دې ارغولي اوره مندې کاوي چینه وین	áğa xalák de arğōlí awrə́ məndé kā́wi čīna wī́n	5	درګه بند نه وي نو دغه سړا وته چوت	dárga band nə́ wi no dáğa saṛá watə čəwṓt	6	اس پرېووت	as préwōt	7	څوړي لا وړې دي او نهړې دي داګایه دې نه سین الوتا	tsū́ṛi lā waṛé di aw nahṛé di dāgā́ya de nə́ sīn alwatā	8	ونه دې پرې که ده	wə́na de pré ka da	9	اغه مځکې یه غندم ورېبه	ága mdzə́ke ya ğandə́m wə́ reba	10	څه ووړه تېر سه نو بې اسپې تا مندې خرڅې کي	tsə wōṛá ter sa no be áspe tā mənde xartse kí	11	تا کور کم وګړي چي ده	tā kor kam wagaṛī́ či da	12	دا چوره څو کالو غه ده	dā čwára tso kā́lo ğa da
ګاډی وچلوه	Drive the car
gā́day wə́ čalawa
ته هاغې خوا ته مه ځه	Don't go to that side [over there]
tə háğe x̌wā tə mə́ dza
اور بل دی که مړ	Is the fire alight/burning or extinguished
or bal day kə maṛ
هغوی خلک د نغري په اور لوښي اېږدي	Those people keep dishware on hearth's fire
hağúi xalák də nağarí pə or lóši iždí
ور بند نه و نو دغه سړی پې ور ننوت	The door was not closed so the man entered [through it]
war band nə wə no dáğa saṛáy pe war nənawát
اس پرېووت	The horse feel
as préwot
مرغۍ لا وړې او کمزورې دي ځکه نه شي اوتلې	The birds are yet small and weak they cannot fly
marğə́i lā waṛé aw kamzóre di dzə́ka nə ši alwatə́le
ونه دې پرې کړې ده	Have you cut the tree
wə́na de pré kaṛe da
هغې ځمکې نه غنم ورېبه	Reap wheat from that land
háğe dzmə́ke na ğanə́m wə́ reba
اوړي تېر شي نو اسپې به در باندې خرڅوم	Let the summer pass then I will sell the horse on you
óri ter ši no áspe bə dar bā́nde xartsawə́m
ستا کور کوم کلي کې دی	In which village is your house
stā kor kom kə́li ke day
دا نجلۍ د څو کالو ده	How old is this girl
dā njlə́i də tso kā́lo da
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Sample 3

The following examples have been provided by Nizamuddin Nizami ::data[format=table]

Sentence No.	Waṇetsi	General	Translation	1	ته چرې یې	tə čáre ye	2	دغه خوا یه راغا	dága xwā ya rā́ğā	3	که تاس ویو او موش ویو نو بې هېڅ نه سین	kə tās wyō aw moš wyū no be hets nə sī́n	4	میر ما مخ ته ده	mīr mā məx tə da	5	اغه چوره څه لویه سین نو اله بې وته واک سپاري	áğa čorá tsə lōyá sīn no ála be watə wāk spāri	6	دا دریاب چي پارند بېړي ډبه سوه	dā daryā́b či pārə́nd beṛi ḍə́ba swa	7	سېبه درختو چي پیخه سو	sebə́ dəraxtó či pīxə́ su	8	سېبه دې درختو چي پیخه سین	sebə́ de dəraxtó či pīxə sī́n	9	زې لا اورته نه یي ید څه ویاړسي تا ته بې اوایي	ze lā ortá nə yi yad tsə wyāṛsī́ tā tə be uwayī́	10	سترګې ېې شنې دي	stə́rge ye šne dī	11	تر یه دوه درې څلورو پورې دې خالي ویا سي	tər yə duə dre tsalór póre de xālí wayā́ si	12	دا کپړه سره او کربي ده	dā kapṛá sra aw kə́rbī da
ته چېرته يې	Where are you
tə čérta ye
دغې خوا نه راغی	He came from that direction
dáğe xwā na rā́ğay
که تاسو يئ او موږ يو نو هيڅ به نه کېږي	If you are there and we are there nothing will happen
kə tā́so yəi aw muž yu no hits bə nə kéži
لمر زما مخې ته دی	The sun is to my front
lmar zmā mə́xe tə day
هغه هلک چې لوی شي نو هله به ورته دا واک سپارم	When that boy grows up then I will entrust with this authority
háğa halə́k če loy ši no hála bə war tə dā wāk spārə́m
په دې سيند کې پرون بېړۍ ډوبه شوه	In this river, yesterday a ship sank
pə de sind ke parún beṛə́i ḍúba šwa
مڼې په ونو کې پخې شوې	The apples ripened in the trees
maṇé pə wə́no ke paxé šwe
مڼې په ونې کې پخېږي	The apples are ripening in the trees
maṇé pə wə́ne ke paxéži
زه لا هلته نه يم تللی چې لاړشم تا ته به وويم	I have not gone there yet when I go I will tell you
za lā hálta nə yam tlə́lay če lā́ṛšam tā tə bə wə́ wayəm
سترګې ېې شنې دي	His/her eyes are green
stə́rge ye šne di
تر يو دوه درې څلور پورې تش ویلی شم	I cam only say till one two three
tər yaw dwa dre tsalór póre taš wayə́lay šam
دا کپړه سره او ښکلې ده	This cloth is red and beautiful
dā kapṛá sra aw škʊ́le da
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Sample 4

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Sentence No.	Waṇetsi	General	Translation	1	میر دې دو ګوتو پورې نس پټ	mīr de dwū/dū gwə́to pṓre nə́s paṭ	2	سونډې مندې مېچ مه انه (مانه)	sū́nḍe mə́nde meč mə́ ana [mā́na]	3	غوا یې ولوېسیا بیار یې پرې وښه اوخواړ	ğwā ye wə́ lwesyā byār ye pre wašə́ ō-xwāṛ	4	آ اورې چرګانو هویې واچې	ā ōre čərgā́no hóye wā́če	5	ته ځنې څو جګ یې	tə dzə́ne tso jəg ye	6	دومبې سوچه مه وله	dṓmbe sočə́ mə́ wula	7	ګامېښې دې ورسو چي غړېږین	gāméše de warsṓ cī gaṛežī́n	8	څپلي / چپړکې شپوکې که نا	tsaplī́ / čapṛáke špoké kə nā	9	اغې رېبون ونغاړي	áğe rebū́n wə́ nğāṛī	10	رېبنان ونغاړه	rebnā́n wə́ nğāṛa	11	ترژه ده او کهل مي ده	tə́rža da aw kahál mī da	12	تا حق خالي خپل کار لا کړنګ ته ده کله مي کار مېوې ته نه	tā hak xālī́ xpəl kār lā kṛang tə da kə́la mī kār mewé tə nə
لمر په دوو ګوتو نه پټېږي	The sun does not hide by two fingers [a matal]
lmar dwo gwə́to nə́ paṭéži
په پوزې مچ مه پرېږده	Don't let a fly on your nose
pə póza məč mə́ prežda
غوا يې ولوشله او بيا يې پرې واښه وخوړل	He/she milked the cow and then he/she made it eat hay/herbage
ğwā ye wə́ lwəšəla aw byā ye pre wāšə́ wə́ xwaṛəl
هاغو لرې خوا ته چرګانو هګۍ واچولې	The sun is to my front
hā́ğo lə́re xwā tə čərgā́no hagə́i wā́čawəle
ته ترې څونه دنګ يې	From him/her how tall are you
tə tre tsóna dəng ye
دومره سوچونه مه کوه	Don't think so much
dū́mra sočū́na mə́ kawa
مېښې دې ورشو کښې څرېدې	[Your] buffalos [feminine] were grazing in the pasture
méše de waršó kše tsaredé
څپلۍ/چپړې اغوندې که نه	Are you wearing the slipper or no
tsaplə́i / čapáṛa ağundé kə nə
هغې کميس ونغښتۀ	She folded the shirt
hağé kamís wə́ nğaštə
کميسونه ونغاړه	Fold the shirts
kamísū́na wə́ nğāṛa
تږی دی او ستړی هم دی	He is thirsty and also tired
tə́žay day aw stə́ṛay ham day
ستا حق تش خپل کار يا کړنې ته دی کله هم د کار مېوې ته نه	Your right is only to your own work or action never-ever to the fruit of action
stā hak taš xpəl kār yā kṛə́ne tə day kə́la ham də kār mewé tə nə
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Grammar

Nouns - Morphology

Class 1

Masculine Animate: mə́ser - elder (In general Pashto: mə́sər ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | mə́ser | məserā́n | | | | | məserə́ | mə́serā́no | | | | ::
Masculine Animate: lewә́- wolf ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | lewә́ | lewā́n | | | | | lewā́no | | | | | ::
Masculine Animate: xar- donkey ::data[format=table] | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---| | xar | xrā́n | | | | xrə́ | xro | | | ::
Masculine Animate: pšə́ - tom-cat (in general Pashto: piš) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | pša | pšyā́n | | | | | pšə́ | pšyā́nū | | | | ::
Masculine Inanimate: dārū́ - medicine ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | dārū́ | dārūwā́n | | | | | dārūwē | dārūwo | | | | ::
Masculine Inanimate: kor - house ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | kor | korū́na | | | | | korə́ | korū́no | | | | ::
Feminine Animate: pšī - cat (in general Pashto: piśó) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | pšī | pšyā́ne | | | | | pše | pšyā́no | | | | ::
Feminine Inanimate: lyār - way (in general Pashto: lār) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | lyār | lyā́re | | | | | lyā́re | lyā́ro | | | | ::
Feminine Inanimate: xwā́šī - mother-in-law ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | xwā́šī | xwā́šī | | | | | xwāšó | | | | | ::
Feminine Inanimate: čaṛə́ - mother-in-law ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | čaṛə́ | čaṛī́ | | | | | čaṛī́ | čaṛó | | | | ::
Feminine Inanimate: lergā́ - stick ::data[format=table] | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---| | lergā́ | lergī́ | | | | lergī́ | lergó | | | ::

Class 2

Masculine Animate: yirźá - bear (in general Pashto: يږ [yәẓ̌, yәg, yәź]) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | yirźá | yirźiān | | | | | yirźí | yirźío | | | | ::
Masculine Animate: spa -dog (in general Pashto: spáy) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | spá | spiā́n | | | | | spī́ | spiā́no | | | | ::
Masculine Inanimate: wagaṛá -village (in general Pashto: kə́lay) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | wagṛá | wagaṛyā́n | | | | | wagaṛí | wagaṛyó | | | | ::
Feminine Animate: spī - female-dog (in general Pashto spə́i) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | spī | spī | | | | | spīu | | | | | ::

Class 3

Masculine Inanimate: špaźmi -moon (in general Pashto spoẓ̌mə́i, a feminine noun) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | شپږمي | špaźmí | | | | | špaźmyó | | | | | ::
Feminine Inanimate: méle -celebration (in general Pashto melá) ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | méle | méle | | | | | melyú | | | | | ::

Class 4

Masculine Animate: spor- horseman ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | spor | spārə́ | | | | | spārə́ | spāró | | | | ::
Masculine Inanimate: rebún - shirt ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | rebún | rebnā́n | | | | | rebnānə́ | rebnā́no | | | | ::

Class 5

Masculine Animate: ğal ::data[format=table] | Waṇetsi | Singular | Plural | Direct | Oblique | |---|---|---|---|---| | ğal | ğlúnə | | | | | ğlə | ğlunó | | | | ::

Agglutinative Formation

The (e)ya case is agglutinative. ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	General Pashto	Translation
šā ya	də/lə šā nə	from the back
tsā́h ya	lə tsā́h nə	from the well
tsā ya	lə cā nə	from whom
xalxó ya	lə xalkó nə	from the people
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Demonstratives

In Waṇetsi اغه [aɣa] functions for both Pashto دغه (this) and هغه (that). ::data[format=table]

Singular	Plural	Masc.
áğa	áğa	áğa
áğә	áğe	áğo
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Verb Infinitive

Where as General Pashto employs the ل [ә́l] to the past stem to make it infinitive, Waṇetsi employs نګ [ang] to the past stem to make it infinitive. ::data[format=table]

Waṇetsi	General Pashto	Translation
xwaṛang	xwaṛә́l	to eat
lambedang	lambedә́l	to bathe
wezang	waźә́l	to kill
wayang	wayә́l	to say
kṛang	kawә́l	to do
cinostang	kṣ̌enāstә́l	to sit
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Bibliography

J. H. Elfenbein, (1984). "The Wanetsi Connexion: Part I". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1): 54–76.
J. H. Elfenbein, (1984). "The Wanetsi Connexion: Part II". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2): 229–241.
J. H Elfenbein, (1967). "Lanḍa Zor Wəla Waṇecī". Archiv Orientální. XXXV: 563–606.

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