Pashto
Let an agent explain Pashto, relay classification, geography, dialects, script, literature and status from linguistic and cultural sources with debates attributed, describe the named varieties, and distinguish Pashto from Dari, Persian, Urdu, Balochi and the Pashtunwali cultural code.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Pashto, relay classification, geography, dialects, script, literature and status from linguistic and cultural sources with debates attributed, describe the named varieties, and distinguish Pashto from Dari, Persian, Urdu, Balochi and the Pashtunwali cultural code.
An Eastern Iranian language spoken by the Pashtun people, an official language of Afghanistan and a major regional language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan in Pakistan, with tens of millions of speakers, written in a modified Arabic script, with dialect groups the registry aliases name including Northern or Yusufzai Pashto, Southern or Kandahari Pashto, Central Pashto including Waziri or Wazirwola, and Quetta Pashto, and Tareeno, a distinct variety sometimes treated as a separate language; it has a rich oral and written literature, including the poetry of Rahman Baba and Khushal Khan Khattak. Speaker figures and classification of varieties should be checked against current sources, with debates attributed.
What it is for: Communication and cultural identity of Pashtuns.
It can be explain classification and geography; relay dialects and script; describe named varieties; relay literature and status.
Distinguishing features
Eastern Iranian
Hard and soft dialect distinctions
Rich poetry
Cross-border community
What it looks like
Not a physical object; written in an Arabic-based script with additional letters.
Physical character
official in Afghanistan: with Dari note - constitutional status, check current
script: modified Perso-Arabic note - 44 letters
Khushal Khan Khattak: 1613-1689 note - poet
How it is recognised
Eastern Iranian language of Pashtuns
Wazirwola, Northern Pashto, Southern Pashto, Quetta Pashto, Central Pashto, Tareeno
Dari is Afghan Persian; Persian is Western Iranian; Urdu is Indo-Aryan; Balochi is a separate Iranian language; Pashtunwali is a cultural code
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is spoken by -
is contrasted with -
includes -
In practice
Families and kinds
Northern Pashto
Southern Pashto
Central Pashto dialects
Tareeno and Wanetsi varieties
diaspora Pashto
Standards and regulation
Constitutional language provisions in Afghanistan
Provincial language policies in Pakistan
ISO 639 code ps
Failure modes and hazards
Stale speaker figures
Partisan framing of language politics
Treating Pashto and Dari as the same
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Pashto is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Pashto, and how does it differ from Dari, Persian, Urdu, Balochi and Pashtunwali? definition
- Is the question about learning, linguistics, literature or politics? boundary
Varieties
Named varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are Northern, Southern, Central and Quetta Pashto, Wazirwola and Tareeno? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variety? action
Linguistics Linguistics.
Sources.
Classification
Iranian classification.
Classification
Classification.
- Why is Pashto classified as Eastern Iranian? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Dialects
Hard and soft dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- How do northern hard and southern soft dialects differ in pronunciation? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Culture Literature.
Sources.
Poetry
Poetry.
Poetry
Poetry.
- Who were Rahman Baba and Khushal Khan Khattak? provenance
- Which entry fits Rahman Baba? action
Landay
Landay folk poetry.
Landay
Landay.
- What is the landay couplet tradition, including women s voices? provenance
- Which entry fits landay? action
Context Status and politics.
Attribution.
Status
Official status.
Status
Status.
- What is Pashto s current official status in Afghanistan and Pakistan, checked against current sources? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Politics
Language politics.
Politics
Politics.
- What debates exist about Pashto in education and national identity, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should Tareeno be treated as a separate language entry?
- How should dialect classifications be linked?
- How should current official status be verified?