Hazaragi Language

About

Hazaragi is a separate standalone language of the Hazara people spoken by Hazaras on five continents: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Australia, Europe, the USA and many other countries. Hazaragi is spoken by 12-16 Million (according to Wikipedia) people worldwide; it has a mixture of Turko-Mongolian words and loan words from (Arabic, Urdu and many other languages.) John Gulzari & Shehnaz Ali (spouse) have worked together and recorded in the dictionary both accents of Ghazni and the Quetta variations of the Hazaragi language. Most of the entry is from memory recollection, however, later, other dictionaries from various Hazara and non-Hazara linguists and lexicographers such as Dr Hafiz Sharyati (Sahar), Tariq Malistani, (Dr) Mohammad Akber Sharistani, Abbas Deljo, H. A. Yousufi, Dr Zebul Nessa Alikhan, Prof. Ali Akber Sharistani, Roman Gehring, V.A. Efimov, G.K. Dulling and Kristian Muthugalage etc. The "Hazaragi Living Dictionary" targets the Hazara diaspora (Western countries) with limited knowledge of Arabic text. Therefore, we have used the English/Roman alphabet to produce the dictionary. We will endeavour to enrich the dictionary by adding some 5000 more words shortly; we want to see the dictionary with at least 10,000 words and phrases if not more. Should you wish to contribute or provide vocabularies or feedback, we would love to hear from you! you can contact us at [email protected] and visit our website Hazaragilanguage.com.au Thank You. John Gulzari. Last updated: 10.11.2024

Grammar

HAZARAGI GRAMMAR & PHONETICS CHART Consonants English IPA Hazaragi/ Arabic لوظا Hazaragi/ Latin Glossary Meaning Remarks b b ب بُز b b ūz goat p p پ پُونڈق p p onɖūq bud th/t t/t̪ ت تُوت t t hūth berry I used "th" instead of [t] T ʈ ٹ ٹکہ ʈ ʈ ãkaʰ male goat Not in Dari/Farsi s s ث ثمر s s ʌmar fruit T. Malistani j d͡ʒ ج جاتی j̄ j̄ athi cobbler's needle “john” Ref to Roman ch t͡ʃ چ چپچُور č/ç č apčūr a hand tool “chew” Ref to OTS Roman h/ʰ h ح حلوآ h/ʰ ʰ alwã sweet desh kh X خ خُرو x x ūrū hen velar [x] slightly vary d d د دآنہ d d anaʰ seed Uni. Pen. Pho. D ɖ ڈ ڈغ ɖ ɖ ɣ bang sound Not in Dari/Farsi z ð ذ ذآکر ð ð akir reciter Ref. SILA-IPA r ɾ/r ر راہ r r aʰ path z z ز زُغال z z ūɣãl coal/ash zh ʒ ژ ژرپس ž ž r:apus pouring rain Ref. OTS s s س سر s s ar head sh ʃ ش شُور š/ş š ūr draining Ref. to OTS Roman G s s ص صندُوق s s andūq box z z ض ضعیف z z aief feeble t t ط طوطی/ ا t t hoti(a) parrot I used "th" instead of [t] z z ظ ظرف z z arf desh ai ʕ ع علمک ʕ ʕ lmak wink Uni. Pen. Pho. gh ʁ غ غُر ɣ ɣ ɑ̈ūr rour Ref. OTS to Roman. (ɑ̈u) f/ph f ف فیل پیل f ph fe l fe: l elephant [f] used for both English variations q q ق قف q q͏ ʌf foam k k ک کُوئ k k ūi calling g g گ گپ g g ʌp speak l l ل لینگ l l eng limb/leg m m م مُوئ m m ūi hair n n ن نیلغہ نادو اًنگ ننگ بنگ n [ñ/ɲ/ŋ] ng n ilɣʌʰ ñ do ɲ g ɲ g ŋ g ba ng toddler gullible dokey's -bray honor rooster- crowing = simple [n] = ñ with a = front [ɲ] = back [ŋ] =simple [ng] w/v w/o و وئے اُوے w/o w oye o wya weep/cry Ref: [w] Haz. - Nawha. [o] Tariq Malistani h/ʰ h ہ/ھ حلوآ h/ʰ ʰ alwa dessert variations & aspiration La ɫ لا لاغُو ɭ ɭ ɣɑ̈ū frypan ɑ̈u y y ے ے نہ y y anʰ this (a'nʰ/اینہ) Vowels aa ɑ آ الف مدآ ã آ ̃ Alternative to Roman G. a a ا الف ā اَ ̄ Daizangi Accent ah ͏ʌ اہ الف زیر ͏ʌ ِا — _— Ref: IPA-SILA i j ی/ئ یعنی j j ani then ee e: یئ ویئ e: wa e: weap o ɔ او اولگُُو ɔ ɔ lgū example u u ؤ/وُ بوئ u b u i spider e ɪ اِ اِسترچی ɪ ɪ sthrči jerk uu ʊ ٌ / ُ بُئ ū b ū i smell Ref. OTS ː ّ للّئ ː l: li…