Can Eastern Iranics Understand Each Other?

Can Eastern Iranic language speakers understand each other? In this episode we showcase some of the similarities and test the degree of mutual intelligibility between three of the many Eastern Iranian (Iranic) languages; Shughni, Pashto, and Wakhi. Shughni and Wakhi belong to the Pamir language group, while Pashto, which has the highest number of native speakers out of all the living Eastern Iranian languages, is believed, by some linguists, to have descended from Avestan or a variety very similar to it and shares characteristics with Eastern Middle Iranian languages such as Bactrian, Khwarezmian and Sogdian.
Ozar (Shughni speaker), Hashima (Pashto speaker), and Kamram (Wakhi speaker) will each read sentences and paragraphs in their respective languages to see how well they can understand one another.
I would like to thanks my friend Ebrahim Riaz for his assistance in putting this video together!
For those who might be interested, I was recently invited by Roqe Media to appear in one of their shows. We had a wonderful interview focusing on this channel, including previous videos and potential future ones! Check out the full video here if you get the chance: • Roqe - Ep #97 - Bahado...
Please follow and contact us on Instagram if you have any suggestions or if you speak a language that has not been featured before and would like to participate in a future video: / bahadoralast
The Eastern Iranian (Iranic) languages are believed to have separated from the Western Iranian (Iranic) languages in the 2nd millennium BCE. They consist of many different languages, with Pashto being the largest of the living ones. Most living Eastern Iranian languages are native to southern and eastern Afghanistan, western Pakistan, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province of eastern Tajikistan, and the far west of Xinjiang region of China, in addition to the Yaghnobi language of northwestern Tajikistan, which comes from the extinct Sogdian languages, and the Ossetian (Ossetic) language spoken in the Caucasus.
Shughni or Khughni (xuǧnůne ziv) and Wakhi (x̌ik zik) are both Pamir languages. Shughni is primarily spoken in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan and Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, while Wakhi is spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and China. In Afghanistan, the language is native to the the Wakhan District of the Badakhshan Province. In addition to that it's spoken in the Gilgit-Baltistan region administered by Pakistan in the northernmost valleys of Hunza, Gojal, Ishkoman, Yasin, Gupis and Yarkhun, whith the Hunza valley having the largest Wakhi population in Pakistan. In China, Wakhi is native to the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, in Xinjiang.
The Pashto language is primarily spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan, being one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. The language has several dialects, but mainly divided into two major varieties of Northern and Southern, with Northern Pashto being spoken in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan (including Kabul), and in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, including Peshawar where, along with Hindko, are the primary native languages. Southern Pashto is spoken in southern and western Afghanistan (including Kandahar), southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan (including Quetta). A major part of Pashtun culture consists of literature and poetry. Some of the best known writers and poets of the Pashto language include Amir Kror Suri (امير کروړ سوري‎), also known as Jahan Pahlawan; Pir Roshan (بايزيد پير روښان‎), also known as Bāyazīd Pīr Rōshān; Khushal Khattak (خوشال خان خټک), also known as Khushal Baba; Rahman Baba (رحمان بابا), Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (خان عبدالغنی خان), Afzal Khan (افضل خان), Ajmal Khattak (اجمل خټک‎), Khan Roshan Khan (خان روشن خان), Ameer Hamza (امیرحمزه), commonly known as Hamza Baba (حمزه بابا); Kabir Stori (کبیر ستوری‎), and numerous others.
Other Eastern Iranian (Iranic) languages include Scythian languages and Old Saka, which, along with Avestan, are classified as Old Iranian languages; Middle Iranian languages such as Bactrian, Khwarezmian, and Sogdian.
It is interesting to note, that despite its geographical location, the Ossetian language is also classified as an Eastern Iranian language. The Ossetians are the descendants of the Alans, an ancient Iranian nomadic pastoral people. Many of the Alans migrated westwards along with various Germanic tribes and eventually assimilated into different European nations, but a small number of those who remained and survived the Mongol invasions are said to be the modern Ossetians. The Alans spoke an Eastern Iranian language which in turn evolved into the modern Ossetian language that shares a lot of similarities with other Iranian languages.

[@BahadorAlast]

Hope you enjoy this week's episode as we feature two languages that we have never had on this channel before! For those who might be interested, I was recently invited by Roqe Media to appear in one of their shows. We had a wonderful interview focusing on this channel, including previous videos and potential future ones! Check out the full video here if you get the chance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoCriJdniJKNjZI Please follow and contact us on Instagram if you have any suggestions or if you speak a language that has not been featured before and would like to participate in a future video: instagram.com/BahadorAlast

[@abdurrahmanal-ows9251]

Uhm what a mind blowing thanks. Isn't Wakhi one of the Turkic languages?

[@poncut5074]

It seems as if the Wakhi don’t have a flag of their own...

[@FirstLast-ug4ri]

@@abdurrahmanal-ows9251 No, Wakhi is Iranian.

[@faizullah6671]

Sir when we will see Bangla again

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

Bahador! the Pashto of Pashtun girl is too Weak as a Pashtun of Peshawar She is really annoying me She made major mistakes in this video and also her Pronounciation is too weak Khusht/ is also in Pashto for wet. I know Pashto from Helmand to Peshawar She have made sentences different then required

[@julianfejzo4829]

If you put an Ossetian and a Yaghnobi speaker too this video would've been perfect. But still, this is an awesome video!

[@user-zh7yr1up8g]

Yaghnobi would be so difficult to find but would be very interesting to hear.

[@suikzaxa9593]

only some hundred speak it fluenty, it's very very hard to find one

[@radiant6573]

@Trolling Sahak I think it would be near impossible to have a Yaghnobi speaker

[@Farrukhsiyar159]

@@radiant6573 Not impossible as long as they are not extinct.

[@suikzaxa9593]

Love to my Pamiri brothers and sisters from a native Tajik. Please preserve your beautiful languages 🇦🇫🇹🇯

[@IranAzadLoading]

@ALPER TÜRKMEN what drugs are you on

[@pamiriantajikafghaniranian9270]

@ALPER TÜRKMEN Stop drinking or smoking, you are loosing your mind

[@zarakdurrani7584]

@@IranAzadLoading that nice ottoman kush. Sent him higher up than a dutch astronaut

[@IranAzadLoading]

@@zarakdurrani7584 I prefer that OG Afghan Kush ngl

[@MuneebRasool]

Two of them are literally from Pakistan. Put Pakistani flag in there 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@arexta153]

I really liked this because they were so knowledgeable and the video was very informative, not only linguistically but about history as well, I learned so many new things.

[@robabnawaz]

Wow, Bahador, one of the best comparisons! Thanks for producing this.

[@balthazarnielsen6424]

FINALLY!!! YES!!!! The video i been waiting for! Thanks

[@FldMrshlWAbouSaad]

I think this is one of the greatest linguistic videos ever made. It was particularly great because the guests had a good sense of history and linguistics and could help us connect the dots. This channel has done a lot of good and I wish Bahadoor all the best. No offense to past guests but it would be great if you get people with similar profiles in the future.

[@dreamingoffluency1519]

Thanks for the new episode! Great to see coverage on this unique set of languages :)

[@VermontStrolls]

Excellent, each time it gets better and better. The way you convey lots of information while playing with the translations is wonderful. Keep doing and improving this amazing job Bahador jaan. Many thanks.

[@Arevapasht]

Great to see me friend Ozar In the video! Havn't heard from him for years! I am glad that he is fine! Great video dear Bahador! Thank You

[@persianparsa]

Such an amazing video. I had not heard of Shughi or Wakhi languages before this video

[@Cesc8170]

What a deep linguistic comparison. Very interesting for a philologist (like me), and it certainly unites people. :)

[@IranAzadLoading]

Greatest Video so far ❤️

[@zubairnajim7498]

Hello from Turkey, I am really appreciating all of your efforts for this much research, gatherings and respecting every culture and language. You are a man of honor for Persian Land and the world. I just wanted to add something in Pashto, I am native Pashto and Dari (Afghanistan Persian) speaker and notice that the sentence “Os ta weenum” or “اوس تا وینم” is included in Pashto too. And we are using it on a daily base I think she had a misunderstanding there. Weenum : وینم Mean I see Weeni : وينې Means you see And we have poets describing the word “Weenum” as I see. تورو تورو شپو کې څه رنګین خوبونه وینمه Means I SEE colorful dreams on dark nights. So just in case of adding more information to your joyful videos. Keep it up! ♥️

[@pamirsarez5062]

Same in shughni Uz/Az Winum - I see Tu/Ta Weeni - you see Mash Weenam - we see Tama weenet - you (plular) see Wath weenen - they see Dath weenen - those see Math weenen - these see Yu weent - he sees Ya weent - she sees Id wint - it sees Yam weent - this /that see

[@cyruskhan289]

Thats true i am from Pakistan we also use za tata wenum or goram, lidal, katal etc... all words use for just to see

[@zeelusxuniversal3095]

Pashtuns one of the most Iranic race, even the similarities goes back Achaemenid era mostly the numeric sound. At current situation in Afghanistan Pashtun are very anti Iranic and anti Persian hope they realise the origin root goes back thousands years not only centuries from establishment Durrani empire.

[@ilyasziarmal3743]

​@@zeelusxuniversal3095Pashtuns don't hate anyone espicially when it come to their own race,some Persians trynna consider themselvs higher over other races thats why Kurds Balochs and Pashtuns hate them or not people are very friendly and well being with each other

[@amirrezaahura3011]

One of best video ❤️❤️❤️❤️⭐⭐⭐ thank you bro

[@DRAZindabad]

The girl isnt even Pashtun and cant speak Pashto

[@dastanparviz9613]

Big love to our dear Shughni speakers from Tajik boy❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@JavidShah246]

Ozar jan said Tajik and Persian farsi are British and American English. Well said! Che xosh goft ferdowsi e pākzād Ke rahmat bar ān torbat e pāk bād

[@faisalabbas624]

Wow great video keep it up

[@rhimbdlzad7566]

2:32 "uz tu winum" would be "ez te dibînim" in Kurmanji Kurdish. It's interesting how these languages have remained similar even after thousands of years without contact.

[@peaceafghan243]

in Kandahar pashto dialect we're saying "Os de winam" which means " I'm seeing you now". 🙂

[@bhka6423]

Min tu debinem in southern Kurdish.

[@churgooray]

In Pashto, this can also be said "us ta winum" (I'm seeing you now). She said it correctly too, but with a different aspect and tense.

[@bhka6423]

@@churgooray Wow, Pashto still has the "W." Very interesting.

[@churgooray]

​@@bhka6423 I can't think of a "v" sound anywhere in the Pashto language: there is only a "w", across all the dialects I know and have heard. Also, not long ago, the "f" sound was pronounced as a "p" (e.g. Asip instead of Asif. Parsi instead of Farsi. Arabic "farq" prounounced "paraq", parishta instead of farishta). This has changed in the last 20-30 years as education and exposure to the outside world has increased, but, if you find older Pashto speakers from villages, you can still hear it.

[@diversityinpakistan6867]

very fruitful discussion, I really appreciate your effort for language preservation and promotion. I enjoyed and got many things from you! hope you will continue this for more and more learning!

[@DRAZindabad]

this girl cant even speak Pashto lmao

[@saimraja2119]

@@DRAZindabad she can

[@jananias2985]

Wow! So much linguistic variation in the Iranic language family itself!

[@jaydeelicious1]

Just watched a video on the Scythians on kings and generals and this was recommended.

[@IranAzadLoading]

Same

[@aatawn]

Ahahaha the youtube hole gets deeper and deeper...

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

Learned a lot thank you

[@angelmc6268]

As always, amazing and very interesting!

[@EsmatAbdollah]

Thank u so much for educating us ❤

[@sarahella8452]

I love your videos

[@salarkurd276]

I’m guessing Pashto is not her mother language otherwise she would have known that the Pashto equivalent of the Shugni “Uz tu winum” would be “Za ta/de/tase winum” and not “Za ta lidale yam”. Coincidentally, in Kurdi it is “Az ta binam”

[@PSNloversalu]

Za de lidale yam,,, will be more like you saw me (past tense) ليدل & کتل - past tense ګورل & وينل - present tense Just add به to present tense (before or after depends) to make it future tense

[@agulm6625]

She has just learned it , no she is not a pashtoon , she can not speak it well .

[@saimraja2119]

@@agulm6625 What is she then

[@agulm6625]

@@saimraja2119in the part where she speaks a lot ,she says I am not from Peshawar ,therefore non pashtoon but I’ve learned it ,means she’s not pashtoon .It’s not her mother tongue , which explains all the mistakes she’s making and why the language don’t flow and hesitations she makes .. She seems to be a hindko speaker who has learnt it somewhat from other students . Where she says in Pashto it’s different for month and she says we call month ( miash) , they are talking about 3 months which would be more similar to the first speaker because 3 months is actually (meashti ) . Her mistake , amoungst others .

[@saimraja2119]

@@agulm6625 If she is not pashtun then what is she

[@kavehansari4884]

I learned about your fantastic channel from a recent Roqe episode. Thanks to Jian for this. I would suggest showing dispersion maps of the presented dialects. You go Bahador Alast!

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you Kaveh jan, and also thanks for the suggestion. I'll certainly try to implement it in future videos.

[@christopherellis2663]

in Romania, where the Alani went, the cat is pisica; Dutch and English use puss. The Alani went to Ossetia, as well as Hungary. Iaşi is the city in Romania where they settled

[@sedatzerlen944]

In kurdisj cat is pisik. Interesting

[@IranAzadLoading]

They went all over Europe upto North Africa and Spain

[@peaceafghan243]

Wow so interesting I didn't know that in Pashto we say "Pichi" پیشي for cat.

[@teovu5557]

Some Alan's when to Mongolia in the 1300s and today they are the modern Asud people(asse/osset) and also called Jasin.

[@karoo972]

In lori of khuzestan cat = pisho پیشو

[@hameednazeer9007]

Great video Bahador but the girl was pushton and she couldnt guess 2 word which were similar to wakhi and shughni like see is also (وینم) weenum in pashto and wet is also (خیشت) kheesht in pashto

[@hameednazeer9007]

Girl was not pushton

[@handsome-devilofficial8879]

true we also use the word khisht

[@faizullah6671]

Sir I think Pashto is a lovely language with having different dialects making some difference in words.

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

She is too Beginner She have made major mistakes

[@JavidShah246]

Oh, interesting!

[@bilaljalal3993]

In pashto we say “os de wenam” for I am seeing you exactly like the pamiri.

[@DrRiq]

Yeah, the girl used ليدل another verb for "see" although وينل would have been the obvious cognate. The Pashto version would have been "zö tö wīnöm"

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@DrRiq Lidal cannot be use for present It can be use for Past. While Winam can be use for present as well as future In Past it is used a little bit but In Past it will turn to Katal Goru/Ogora is also used for present which means to watch

[@Meffrgtikiii]

@@DrRiqLideli is the past tense not another verb lol

[@7mad211]

in kurdish ez te dibînim 50% kinda same as in pashto

[@m.fayazzakhel7210]

Os de wenam means I see you right now

[@tajiksamarkandian2473]

In Samarkand we say “zangor” and in Badakhshan-Pamir also say “zangor” its means green color

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

In Pashto it's Zarghonay

[@SamA-bo4tk]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 what is the root of that?

[@zackkahn6992]

I thought it was sheen

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@zackkahn6992 In original Pashto it is Zarghon in modern It can also be use for green as well as Blue

[@zackkahn6992]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 isn't zarghoun more a Persian term? And yes you are right, sheen can refer to green or blue.

[@muhammadjamal5011]

i love these videos

[@sadpoet1624]

Я сам таджик по национальности,у меня много друзей памирцев и я считаю,что мы одна нация и хочу, чтобы в Таджикистане Памирский язык стал вторыми официальным ❤

[@vvertyqvverty8784]

какой именно из памирских языков? их очень много

[@sadpoet1624]

@@vvertyqvverty8784 какая разница, у таджикского тоже много разных диалектов, но официально это литературный фарси

[@ghundhudzakpamiri161]

@@vvertyqvverty8784 Начнём хотя бы с Самого многочисленного, шугнанский а на Памире каждый регион на своем от язгулямского до ваханский.

[@davlatmir4562]

​@@sadpoet1624нет уважаемая есть граждане Таджикистана ,то есть таджикстанцы ,а есть таджики и памирцы Абсолютно разные и по языку и по культуре во всем Вы ж не можете говорить что лев это тигр а тигр это леопард, абсолютно разные животные Надеюсь я вам смог объяснить

[@sadpoet1624]

@@davlatmir4562 это ты так считаешь

[@user-tq8xh5sr1k]

The Pamir languages are the oldest and most valuable source for the study of all Indo-European languages. We Tajiks must protect and preserve these languages. Unfortunately, there is a process of Tajikization (Persization) of the Pamiri people and some Pamiris forget their native language. It is necessary to take measures at the state level to preserve these valuable ancient languages of our ancestors. Best regards, from Dushanbe.

[@ZeeZee9]

I don't know about elsewhere but in Afghanistan, Tajiks and other Persian speakers shame those who don't speak Persian, especially Pashto speakers!

[@lfc_tushar]

Pamir is a beautiful place also

[@realtalk6195]

In Yemen, the South Arabian languages (South Semitic) are being wiped out too because of the Saudi-UAE led wars they've waged on the country since 1951. Pretty soon there will only be Arabic (Northwest Semitic) left in Yemen. We are witnessing a genoçide of the South Arabian languages and Zaydis in front of our eyes. It's really disheartening to see languages last until 1800s/1900s only to be wiped out in the 21st century when there exists recording equipment, documentation/teaching ability, etc. The Ubykh and Arshtin languages of the Northwest Caucasus went extinct as a result of the Russian Empire's conquest of the Northwest Caucasus in the 1800s when they committed genoçide against the Circassians, Abaza, Ubykh and Arshtin peoples; the latter two were made extinct, while the former two had 60% exterminated and surviving 30% exiled to the Ottoman Empire. Today Circassians makes up under 4% of the population in their own land. Sochi is used as a resort city where Olympics, World Cup, etc are held and the Stadium is built on top of a Circassian grave site. And in Chína the Pamiri minority, and the Uíghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minorities are being wiped out as well.

[@ZeeZee9]

@@TheBatmanNJ I am speaking from my experience! Ok maybe it is not like that in Afghanistan, is that what you're saying? Cuz it happens ALL the time to me in the U.S. And that's my real life experience. You can't say that is false. I should also add that it may not be just Tajik Afghans who do this in U.S. but also Pashtuns who only speak Farsi/Dari.

[@ZeeZee9]

@@TheBatmanNJ Urdu speakers don't do that to me because I am not from the same country as them. What a silly analogy. Everyone knows Persian speakers put other languages down. Stop straight up lying. F00l

[@ghaliblouay]

Amazing

[@dcdcdc556]

I'd love to see one of these with Yaghnobi and Ossetian speakers!

[@pamirbadakhshan9934]

Are you Ossetian ?

[@teovu5557]

Yagnobi horse- Asp Ossetian horse- Aess Yagnobi black smith- sarmast Ossetian-black smith- saarmad

[@maxviseconsultservice]

In this video there are many familiar words for me. I am from Khorezm, my language was also part of the Iranian group. Very beautiful languages, need to keep them.

[@jz99999]

unfortunately, the Khorezmian language disappeared due to the appearance of the Turks, Uzbeks and Turkmens

[@Oset1]

Next: Ossetian-Alan, Yagnobi, Peshtun

[@meysamghahremaninejad6809]

Unfortunately Yagnobi is an engendered language and it's hard to find someone who speaks the language.

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@meysamghahremaninejad6809 Right

[@YonaPopl]

I would like to be added for Pushto

[@saeedjan7769]

what beautiful content I got on KZbin, I am also a Wakhi speaker from Pakistan and this video was like a language history especially the related sounds and words

[@iliailia1798]

What a great video make a video about western iranic languages plz

[@hamedtaheri607]

Love and respect for our Pashtun cousins from Balochistan❤️🙏

[@shawns5599]

No love for Punjabis? You make me cry !

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@shawns5599 😂😂😂

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

Love and respect to my Baloch cousins from a Pashtun ❤️❤️❤️. Zindabad Balochistan

[@shawns5599]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 hehe. At least I made you laugh ;)

[@hamedtaheri607]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 Thank you Yousaf, Zendag bat (Long live) Pashtunistan.

[@abasinhaand7440]

I really appreciate your efforts. I see much similarities between Afghan and Ossetian. As they say “Uz tu winum” is the Sam in Pashto “ Oas tu winum” . It would’ve nice to bring Ossetian and Afghans in one programs together.

[@jeffreydahmer2110]

Great video. You should do sorani and persian

[@edwardc7112]

Sorani ? Who they are? Where they live ? It's name sounds very much like a tribe of Pushtun "suri/sori"

[@saeidezatolahi3482]

@@edwardc7112 it's one of the Kurdish dialects

[@edwardc7112]

@@saeidezatolahi3482 ah okay.

[@najeebovwazirosky346]

In Pashto we also say, اوس تا وینم (Os Taa Weenam) meaning "I can see you. "

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

Lidalay kho Pakhwa zamane la istimaligi

[@PSNloversalu]

That one mean i am seeing you now... But if going by cognates, it would be 'za ta winam'

[@shaheenqizilbash9811]

Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan share cultural roots.

[@tannazmehrdadi8774]

Don't forget Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Iraq as well

[@shaheenqizilbash9811]

@@tannazmehrdadi8774 Yes very true. Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhistan, Kirghizistan and Turkmenistan.

[@tannazmehrdadi8774]

@@shaheenqizilbash9811 🙌🙌

[@erfan6132]

@@tannazmehrdadi8774 no simlarty culture whith turk We cultural is diffrent from turk

[@aktayturan9272]

@@erfan6132 As an Karapapak Terekeme Turk which is a part of Azerbaijanian Turks I agree with you. We are different.

[@jehan_navard]

Brilliant video. The sound quality was not so good though.

[@EddieHannover]

What a great language video

[@Hindukaash]

Ara mest khir rukh nawvud (Pashto: Dré myaste raňa nawala)

[@harpazohope]

Such beautiful languages. When you mentioned that some dialects sound like poetry, it made me think about second generation immigrants to North America who have said that when they speak their language to relatives over seas they sound like they're reading Shakespeare because things changed so fast.

[@PatrickJouannes]

I would be very interested by a Pashtun / Irani meeting for understanding the mutations of Pashtun

[@omarshinwari7823]

Iranis speak farsi right. A bit of simarlities but Pashto has way more in common with Ossetian, Pamiri and Yaghnobi as well as pamiri PS. the girl in the video isnt pashtun. shes just a chick who learnt pashto from online i think and made mamy mistakes for example we also say wuz ta weenum. Meaning il see you now.

[@zackkahn6992]

Please put a native speaker of Pashto on your videos I'm the future. There was many similarities noted between the other two Iranic languages which the girl simply did not pick up, often sitting there silent and clueless (with all due respect to her). A shame really since I had been waiting for a video on Pashto for some time. I hope more videos on Pashto could be made with the right people on them.

[@AzanKhan-oq8tr]

Yeah I also noticed the girl in many places sge was confused and especially she didn't knew the Northern + southern dialect. Like when the guy said ter she didn't knew that ter is used by southern pashto and tor is used by the Northern one.

[@alinaafghan3470]

So true I am sure it is not that hard to find a Pashto speaker that speaks in Pashto properly instead of people like her that don't know their language and are struggling.

[@turabkhan5306]

@ꫝarry K look at her face she don’t know how to speak pashto

[@omarshinwari7823]

@ꫝarry K Shes not Pashtun. She is probably a Hindko or someone who had learnt pashto. she missed so much on it They shouldve brang in ribal pashtuns in. With all respect to her.

[@QasimIsmail]

Yes

[@saeidgholipour9921]

in Gilaki for cat we say ''pishe'' or ''piche'' , for three ''so'' or ''se''(without h sound) and for daughter ''detar''. loved it .

[@simkoshkak6732]

Gilaki is Just Dialect Of Persian

[@BigIVI]

@@simkoshkak6732 Gilaki is not dialect of persian

[@simkoshkak6732]

@@BigIVI They’re Assimilated

[@mohammadvakhideh2183]

@@simkoshkak6732 Gilaki is a North-West Iranian language, while Persian is a South-West Iranian language. How could one be a dialect of another when they are not even descended from the same West Iranian subfamily? Assimilation is of course a current trend, but a different matter.

[@erfan6132]

@@mohammadvakhideh2183 داداش این کرد فقط داره تفرقه میندازه حرفاش جدی نگیرید

[@user-pz1zv3vs8e]

In Samarkand we say 'pishak' (means - a cat), 'tortanak' (means - a spider), 'raftam' (means - I am leaving, or went or going), 'raxmat' (from arabic - thanks), 'zah' (means - moist) and so on.

[@hussainirshad7841]

Pesho =cat in pashto

[@huoriel6495]

In Iranian Persian we say pishi and gorbe for cat but pishi used by little kid or who want to say go for cat

[@Fenixsamarkandian]

We say Mushuk too in Samarkand.i didnʼt hear about Raftam

[@TheInfinityy]

@@Fenixsamarkandianraftam is used by Tajik speakers in Samarkand

[@agostocobain2729]

Persian inhabited those lands long ago, and the names are even Persian, and later the Turks came.

[@shuwancholok4769]

The subject should not be confused with the particle in the language. The word "yam" in Pashto means the subject, in the Wakhi "yam" the particle is an indication. The structure of the grammar of the East Iranian languages is few, and in some of which it has many differences.

[@leogion7901]

I know, I can't wait to see these comparisons between the languages and its dialects spoken in my homeland Karadeniz (Turkey)/Southeast BlackseaCoast: Armenian - Hamshen Georgian - Lazuri Greek - Pontiaka/Romeika Aren't there anyone who can speak one of these dialects who can participate??? I wish I would have known the Native language of my Pontian ancestors, so I'm asking anyone from this region who knows one of these dialects. Hopefully we'll find them. Until then I will go on asking for this. 😉

[@marinak.9965]

@Lethean yess unfortunately they dont wanna have another ethnic roots they're all want to be just Turkish and this is so sad lots of laz people cant speak their own language

[@santosh-un2bj]

It was an interesting discussion about Sakas. Even we had Indo-Sakas who were the Iranian people that migrated to India in the middle of the 2nd century BC to the 4th century AD.

[@santosh-un2bj]

The first Saka king in India established Saka power in Gandhara, and Indus Valley.

[@MrOrientalism]

@@santosh-un2bj And Buddha was from Saka if I’m not mistaken

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@santosh-un2bj Gandhara People were Indic people

[@ia285]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 I'm guessing they were more Dardic.

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@ia285 Gandhara was an Indian kingdom of Mahajapandas.

[@user-tq8xh5sr1k]

Sweet Pamiri languages. Love from Dushanbe.

[@yourwifesfirsthusband2038]

In baluchi Dushanbe is a name of a day

[@Wiki_pedia]

​@@yourwifesfirsthusband2038 dushanbe Seshanbe Chorshanbe 😂 in Tajik language

[@nikunjarya9641]

@ 6:10 The writing system shown in the picture is Sharda Script(Native to Sanskrit and Kashmiri). I am amazed by the fact that our writing system was also used to write Iranic languages. Though it's completely obsolete now. Only a few Kashmiris know now, to read and write this beautiful script.

[@FirstLast-ug4ri]

I’m assuming that many Buddhist Kashmiris made missionary missions into Khotan. The Saka also used Brahmi, Khorasthi and Sharada too.

[@nikunjarya9641]

@@FirstLast-ug4ri Interesting, I didn't knew about that. But Sharda wasn't much common in Buddhists it was mostly used by Hindus plus Kashmir didn't had many Buddhists as it wasn't much popular in Kashmir. Though I guess our northern neighbours of Gilgit Baltistan who were Buddhists at that time must have used Sharda for saka languages.

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@nikunjarya9641 indian influence was spread till kabul kandahar strip until the turkic invasions . in those times eastern afghanistan was considered culturally a part of india

[@nikunjarya9641]

@@byron-ih2ge Yes, but still, Iranic people being Hindu or Buddhists is quiet unimaginable. Imagine there accent while chanting Sanskrit verses.

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@nikunjarya9641 if a completely alien dravidian group can chant sanskrit shlokas then i dont think i closely related iranic group would have any problem!!

[@pamirbadakhshan9934]

- *Arai mest* khir rukh *na Vud* - *Three month* sun shine *Was not*

[@AnthroSurvey]

@Pamir Badakhshan I hope this isn't too redundant, but just gonna leave this here so it finds you. You are the Ozar Olm. in the video above, right? I do a lot of work with Iranic autosomal genetics, and, in general, interested in the legacies of the Sintashta-Petrovka Eastern Corded Ware folk, be it Sogdians, Mitanni, Rigveda, and the like. From all the modern populations, Pamiri groups are the most intriguing to me and I wanted to audio chat a bit with you about their ethnogenesis---if you are down. Either Skype or Zoom or smth of the like. My email is [e-mail], so please contact me there.

[@alexj9603]

It's interesting how written Wakhi contains Latin, Cyrillic and Greek letters. And still requires diacritics to represent all the sounds in the language.

[@faiqsabih3215]

That is a new invention, it was a mostly oral language written in persioarabic script in the past

[@skymaster4743]

​@@faiqsabih3215My late uncle, Haqiqat Ali from Gojal, Northern Pakistan was the first to introduce the Wakhi writing system which primarily combined Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

[@tulsibaba]

Fascinating .

[@alexgabriel5423]

This Video brings an important and much needed information for students of linguistics who are interested in the eastern branch of indo-european languages. This branch is called 'satem'. The western branch is called 'kentum'. Satem and kentum mean one hundred. For Europeans and Westerners this clip is a great surprise. Many Thanks for showing written Saka at 6:16 of the time line. Where can written Saka be found?? What texts do we have in Saka for the world to see? A long Buddhist teaching was written in Saka. I have the text in English! Avatamsakasutra. The text is very very beautiful.

[@MrOrientalism]

Some archeologists found Saka burials in Kazakhstan and if I’m not mistaken it had written objects too, search for Kazakhstan’s Saka archaeological excavations - maybe you will find something interesting

[@okhan_roudbaraki]

Another interest video thanks to Bahador. As a western Iranic speaker I always like to learn about eastern Iranic languages. I hope to see some videos on less known western Iranic languages such as Gilaki(which is my background btw), Talyshi, Zazaki, Tati etc.

[@Desibeatnik]

I would love to see one with a Romani and Hindi or Punjabi speakers.

[@Timsmith-gp5eb]

Definitely yes

[@sarasharifi2913]

ممنون بهادرعزیز ❤️

[@PUBGWithIZ]

I am a pushtoon Love to my eastern Iranian brothers and sisters from Afghanistan

[@mentalyst7145]

hi dear bahador please make video about parsig sassanid language bring iranic speakers persian Kurdish luri balochi lari and say them how much they understand this language

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you!! I've been wanting to do that for a while actually! I would just need someone who is able to speak it well enough :)

[@mentalyst7145]

@@BahadorAlast I may introduce someone who is able to speak that

[@mentalyst7145]

talk to Sam sarabi he may help you

[@pamiriantajikafghaniranian9270]

Pasig Sasanid language? Ever heard about that one

[@cosmokaulitz22]

Uz tu winum--Yo te veo (spanish) a slight similarity between far indeoeuropean brothers.

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

What it means in English? (I am a Pashtun)

[@cosmokaulitz22]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 yo te veo (I see you)

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@cosmokaulitz22 Yo means I Te means You Veo means see ???

[@cosmokaulitz22]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 yes, exactly.

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@cosmokaulitz22 Ohh that's cool Unlike the Turks we are not United under one main name.

[@naveedakhtar4133]

Venam means seeing

[@33hunting]

Hey Bahador. Can you make a video for Dutch and Afrikaans ? I want to know if they can understand each other.

[@saeidezatolahi3482]

they're like Urdu and Hindi

[@samapriyabasu7887]

In Ossetic (Digoronaw): æz dæ winun (I you see)

[@Sarahh_28]

In pashto, we say "Os de winum"

[@7mad211]

in kurdish ez te bînim

[@ishaaqkhattak1644]

The girl was not even ethenic pashtun. How the hell could she relate eastern irania words. I mean if she was ethnic pashtun she must have known the word khvesht which means wet in pashto apart from lond. She totally destroyed the purpose

[@SherKhan-rd9uw]

exactley lol

[@omarshinwari7823]

@ꫝarry K Yeah shes probably hazarwel like you mr harry k

[@omarshinwari7823]

@ꫝarry K i love commenting with you. Your not a khattak bruh your Moms a hindko your not khattak brub your moms a hindko your not khattak bruh your mom hindmo even worse when you dont even know pashto. Your like the same thing as this girl in the video 😂😂

[@omarshinwari7823]

@ꫝarry K you literally arent pashtun or speak pashto ghalay kina

[@omarshinwari7823]

@ꫝarry K Im making fun cosyour mixed hahahahahaahahahahaha. Which khattak village are your from mr harry k

[@mrkurdi22]

Ez in Kurdish means I. Uz in Pamiri. I have learned that vowel changes happen quite a bit.

[@MrOrientalism]

Rast = Right

[@jonam7589]

Alans is derived from Eran (Iran) since in that language "r' changes to "l".

[@volkanaydemir1440]

güzel videolara devam ...

[@ana1977x]

عالی

[@salmanshahzad772]

You should do a video but with Ossetian speakers as well.

[@learnpashto5951]

The girl is using a very weak and improper Pashto the Pashto version of "Uz ta winum" is "ze taa winam"

[@mohammadnajibullahahmadzai5685]

Well she understood it right away but afterwards she added another version from her own dialect. I would not hold against her.

[@agulm6625]

She should have said za taa winum ( I see you ) but instead she said ( now I see you ) like as if she count see before . Her Pashto is weak .She also used ma for I instead of ze in the wrong way .

[@dymytryruban4324]

"Mest" sounds similar to month in Slavic languages.

[@amirazam7681]

Wenam also used in pashtu i see..

[@zalaazizi6631]

In pashto, "uz tu winum" is the same, the girl said a grammatically incorrect sentence. In my dialect I would pronounce it " wos ta winum"

[@MrOrientalism]

Just like in Shughni (Pamiri)

[@arsalanzare1560]

درودهای بسیار بر شما برادران و خواهرم . پاینده باشید

[@apollon6870]

1:58 sterge for eyes, possible connection to english stare and german starren?

[@SherKhan-rd9uw]

both come from same root

[@erfan6132]

ممنون از ویدیو زیباتون بهادر جان و همچنین تلاشتون برای نزدیک کردن اقوام ایرانی به هم دیگه و معرفی زبان های شیرین ایرانی به دنیا اما متاسفانه خیلی از مردم دنیا فکر می کنن ما عرب هستیم که خیلی ازاردهنده بازم ممنون برای کار زیبایی که انجام می دهید❤️❤️❤️

[@peaceafghan243]

2:34 the pashtun girl didn't pay attention correctly to this sentence. "Uz tu winum". We say in Pashto "Os de winam" اوس دي وینم which means "I'm seeing you now" in Kandahar Afghanistan dialect. But she missed the sentence.

[@SherKhan-rd9uw]

shes not even a pashtun girl lol

[@davzam7082]

Another dall eater panjabi, matter of fact she doesn’t look like that much Pashtoon, her accent is more like a Indian speaker.. also real pashto is spoken in Afghanistan, not in Pakistan. Pakistani pashtoon is mixed with Urdu.. so they r not Pashto speakers

[@SherKhan-rd9uw]

@@davzam7082 The girl is NOT pashtun however you are also wrong. Real Pashto is spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan in KP. Waziristani Paktia and the tribal pashto is the PUREST pashto. No dirty farsi words or urdu

[@davzam7082]

@@SherKhan-rd9uw ok dal khor , panjabi

[@agulm6625]

She meant the same , just her pronounation was off , she should have said za taa winum instead she said now I see you ..she shouldn’t have added the word now (os).

[@Bazinga3972]

The girl doesn’t know how to speak Pashto properly. In Pashto they say “Oz ta winum” as well for “now I see you” or “Ze ta winum”( i see you) I don’t know why she came up with some completely different sentence (which wasn’t even grammatically correct), besides that her pronunciations are completely off as well, she literally even used “Pathan” for Pashtuns which is a term solely used by Indo-Aryans for Pashtuns, it’s never used by Pashtuns themselves, that would be equivalent to an Iranian today calling himself “Ajam” in Farsi. The girl isn’t even Pashtun and simply learned the language, nothing wrong with that, but to use that as a representation for us Pashto-speakers does not do us right. I am truly disappointed Bahador, I’ve loved your videos but this one makes me uncomfortable as a Pashtun. How would you feel if we would take an Arab who learned basic Persian and speaks it very broken to represent the Persian language in one of your videos ? Probably not good and it wouldn’t do the language right, I hope that next time you’ll be able to find a proper Pashto-speaker for your video, thank you.

[@em8136]

calm down bro

[@shahji5119]

Must be a different dielect

[@Bazinga3972]

@@shahji5119 It’s not a different dialect, I speak and know every single Pashto dialect from Helmand to Peshawar, I can recognize when someone’s speaks my language natively or not, she quiet literally said herself in the video that she only learnt Pashto and isn’t a native speaker.

[@shahji5119]

@@Bazinga3972 👌

[@aqibabdullah2922]

i met many pashtoons from peshawar side.They even used english words in speaking.In my opinion the girl may be that kind of pashtoon.I am a saraiki speaker from north punjab and i learnt pashto through my friends and then by social media by reading news articles in pashto.The pashto speaken in afghanistan is mostly influenced by persian and in pakistan ,it is influenced by Urdu.Ofcourse i also became surprised when she didnot get the word winum.

[@renedemov8507]

"Uz tu winum" is "Ez to winen" in Zazaki

[@alves6013]

In standard Kirmanjki Zaza it's "Ez to winena"

[@MrOrientalism]

Looks like Kurdish language close to Eastern Iranic languages such as Pamiri and Pashto

[@samitori9854]

My mother says kitik (sounds like cat) besides psik/pshik for cat in Kurmanci/Kurdish😀

[@rabeeajamil6165]

Omg wakhi is so beautiful.. As a Pakistani, I got acquainted to the language for the first time.. Could you please provide their instagrams/other social media handles

[@DRAZindabad]

free Pashtunistan

[@zayedharoon3910]

​@@DRAZindabadto hell with afghanistan

[@taskeenbangash5440]

If "tire" means dark not black then in Pushto it's almost similar we say "tiare"

[@MehdiProductions]

very insteresting

[@DrRiq]

The Pashtun girl kept utilising foreign words in her sentences. She should have employed more cognate-friendly words/sentences. The Kashmiri guy knew some Pashto already so had some advantage. I think it would have been good to have gotten a Pashtun linguist. The two guys knew a lot and contributed well. Edit: but she did say some words right. "Wet" in Pashto is لند. Not sure why people are disputing that, I haven't heard another word for wet

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

Wet is LUND and Khusht is also used man We use both of them like Za da baaran da laasa Lund Khusht shwam I am wet because of rain We use Khusht is used for moist I think

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

Another mistake is Green In Pashto is called as Zarghon and Blue as Sheen

[@DrRiq]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 I was taught that green is شين/شنه as in شنه چۍ. Blue is هودی

[@yousafdaudzai3078]

@@DrRiq Da ghalat day Sheen blue ta wayi ka khyal kay mung Pukhtana osam Che Asman blue wee no sa wayu? Che Asman Sheen day.

[@DrRiq]

@@yousafdaudzai3078 what do you call green tea?

[@MessiMerdo]

in Kurmanji Kurdish tar/tari means darkness/dark interesting. Black means resh but other dialects also use siya. Also interesting in Kurmanji and Dimli/Zazaki Kurdish Ez means I which is similar to Uz in Shughni Pamiri. Ironic about the sentence Uz tu winum. All you need is to replace all the u sounds with e and it makes perfectly sense in Kurmanji Kurdish as "Ez te winem" or more precisely "Ez te (di)binem". Which translates into I see you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoLGlHSVd8R4j6c

[@samb1027]

Yeah i have seen iranic language it’s mostly a and e or u/o sounds you have to replace

[@sinnerprophet7391]

Also in standard Persian "I see you" is "Man To ra mibinam" in my Persian dialect tho we say "Mo to ro mibinom" Also in some poems you can see the usage of binom and binam as well

[@MessiMerdo]

@@sinnerprophet7391 Interesting thank you for the information. In Kurmanji for example the "di" is a prefix, and therfore it is pronounced as "Ez te dibinem". But in some regional variants the di prefix does not exist or only partially and therfore it is pronounced as "Ez te binem". Basically you can leave out the "di" prefix and it makes not much difference and is still very understandable Kurmanji.

[@sinnerprophet7391]

​@@MessiMerdo Your welcome, thank you too, Yeah in Persian "mi" is a prefix too just like the role of "di" in Kurmanji Kurdish, also it seems that Kurdish is so similar to Luri and some southern and western dialects of Persian more than the standard Tehrani Persian, which is really interesting, Same in Persian, you can say Man to ra binam as well and it is correct but it's weird to say it in modern times during a friendly chat, cause it's not casual, but it is definitely grammatically correct, also "Ra" (which is pronounced Ro in everyday talks, but Ra is the true form and way of pronouncing it) doesn't really mean anything in Persian but it is a must in this sentence, it's kinda a preposition I don't know if there is a synonym to it in English, but it only makes sense in a sentence, not as a standalone word. we have two versions of Persian, one, the one we talk every day ("Goftari" or "Zabani") and one that is the correct and real form in which we write when we want to write a formal text ("Neveshtari" or "Ketabi") also I think in Afghanistan dialects they speak formal mostly unlike us but I could be wrong, dialects in Iran tend to turn A sound to U when we talk casually, for example, Midanam which means I know turns into Midunam or we sometimes remove some letters for example, Mi Khaham (mi xaham) or Khaham, turns into Mi kham, I know these things exist in every language but we take it to the next level, we do it a lot and in different forms, I just said two of them, anyways sorry if I took your time lol, these things are kinda interesting for me.

[@ArmenSur]

Also found in English "Dar(k)". Do some Kurds say Kit/Kitik for cat? Also some Kurds say Dendan like in Persian for tooth or in my dialect Dinan instead of the more standard Diran. Can be found in Latin Dent (tooth). Dentist in English.

[@ZeeZee9]

Btw thanks for getting a Pashto speaker who speaks the western accent as well :))

[@agulm6625]

But her Pashto is bad ,

[@ZeeZee9]

@@agulm6625 oh lol

[@omarshinwari7823]

My quesftion is why didnt they brig an actual pashtun and not just some girl who literally isnt even pashtun or a native speakdr

[@ZeeZee9]

@@omarshinwari7823 Yeah? She is not a native speaker?

[@omarshinwari7823]

@@ZeeZee9 no she isnt even pashtun.she practically even mention she had recently learnt lashto a bit dissalointed they nrver bought an actual pashtun

[@saidurrahmansadi9129]

nice

[@shngain100]

I'm scared of the Tajik guy. He looks and sound pretty aggressive.😂

[@JavidShah246]

I know him from social media. Trust me, he can be the most fun guy when in the mood😉

[@JavidShah246]

@Ali Reza then join us on Telegram! Contact “bahador alast” to send u invitation

[@shngain100]

@@JavidShah246 😉😉

[@pamiriantajikafghaniranian9270]

Lol I think the video isn’t full but edited maybe that’s why

[@santosh-un2bj]

He looks like a very strong and powerful man.

[@coligij-1268]

Nice video 😃 can you make a video with northwestiranian languages ? for example zazakî, kurmancî and talysh ? please this would be great

[@samb1027]

Sorani and luri too

[@coligij-1268]

@@samb1027 all soranî speakers do have some knowledge in kurmancî. And lorî is southwesternn iranic.

[@simkoshkak6732]

@@coligij-1268 I recommend Bahador All Kurdish Dialects (Sorani,Kurmanji,ZaZa,Gorani,Kalhori,Lak)

[@coligij-1268]

@@simkoshkak6732 hello bro. Zazakî and goranî arent kurdish dialects. They are languages. Maybe zazakî and goranî are dialects of each other or a proto zaza-goranî language.

[@samb1027]

@@coligij-1268 yeah but luri still has alot in common with sorani and kurmanji

[@mychannel983]

Please make video on Urdu and Persian again I am your regular watcher please make video on your best subscriber wish❤❤❤

[@mychannel983]

@Trolling Sahak yes I know that's why I called them to made a video on that's topic

[@SherKhan-rd9uw]

The only similarities urdu and oersian has are the loan words which urdu used from persian the stricture and the rest is completely diffrent.

[@youngcoder4721]

@@SherKhan-rd9uw lol urdu helping verbs zamirs all others are derived from Persian with very little modification from punjabi

[@youngcoder4721]

@@SherKhan-rd9uw If Urdu is soo native to India why did Hindu go mad When English where trying to make it official language why did they invent hindi then?

[@na10180]

'Spasibo' is just an evolved shortcut for 'spasi Bog' which means “God save you”. it is not related to Sepas directly, but the Bog as god is similar to Baq

[@pamirbadakhshan9934]

In old Persian “God” was “Bag” too, that’s how we have “Bag’dad” God given

[@jaskatpon1]

@Pamir Badakhshan Sounds like Bhagwan in Sanskrit!

[@pamirbadakhshan9934]

@@jaskatpon1 What’s the meaning for “Bhagwan” ?

[@iacko12345]

Bhagawan means God