Sistani dialect

Sistani Persian
Sistani Persian
Sistuni Persian
سیستونی; Sistuni
Pronunciation	Pārsi-e Sistāni, Pārsi-e Sistuni
Native to	Iran
Region	Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Ethnicity	Sistani Persians
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranic Western Iranic Southwestern Iranic Persian Western Persian Sistani Persian; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	sist1235

Sistani (Persian: سیستانی , also known as Sistuni (سیستونی) is a dialect continuum of the Persian language spoken by Sistani people in Iranian Sistan.^[1]^[2] It is part of the Southwestern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages.

Sistani Phrases

English	Sistani	Transliteration
What's up?	چکاره؟	chkāra?
Why?	ورچه؟	varche?
What?	چزه؟	cheze?
Where?	اگجه؟	agja?
Come in.	در شو	dar 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 شو	e'ra me'sho.
I love you.	دل مه بالئ تره	del me bāle' tra.
Sistani is a good language.	سیستونی گپّ زبریه	sistoni gappe zabria.

^ ^a ^b ^c Okati, Farideh; Ahangar, Abbas Ali; Anonby, Erik; Jahani, Carina (July 2010). "Natural Phonological Processes in Sistani Persian of Iran" (PDF). Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies. 2 (1): 94. doi:10.22111/ijals.2012.63. Retrieved 26 January 2025. provides an overview of natural phonological processes in the dialect of Sistani Persian spoken in Iranian Sistan, and reviews theoretical implications of these processes
^ Nakosteen, Mehdi (1933). The Development of Persian Education and Learning. Cornell University. p. 89.

"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.

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History	Proto-Indo-European (c. 3000 BCE) Proto-Indo-Iranian (c. 2000 BCE) Proto-Iranian (c. 1500 BCE) Old Persian (c. 525 – 300 BCE) Middle Persian (c. 300 BCE – 800 CE) New Persian (from 800)
Language families	Indo-Iranian languages Iranian languages Western Iranian languages
Dialects and varieties	Standard Persian Iranian Afghan Tajik Hazaragi Aimaq Kuwaiti Persian Tat Judeo-Persian Judeo-Tat (Juhuri) Bukhori Sistani Dehwari
Language features	Vocabulary Nouns Verbs Phonology
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Sistani Persian
Sistuni Persian
سیستونی Sistuni
Pronunciation	Pārsi-e Sistāni, Pārsi-e Sistuni
Native to	Iran^[1]
Region	Sistan and Baluchestan Province^[1]
Ethnicity	Sistani Persians
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranic Western Iranic Southwestern Iranic Persian Western Persian Sistani Persian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`sist1235`