Sauji
Sauji is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Sawi, Savi, or Sauji, is an endangered Indo-Aryan language spoken in northeastern Afghanistan and north-western Pakistan. It is classified as a member of the Shina language cluster within the Dardic subgroup.
It is spoken in the village of Sau, on the east bank of the Kunar River, around 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the town of Arandu, which is on the border with Pakistan's Chitral region.
Sawi speakers consider themselves part of the Gawar ethnic group, which is found in half a dozen of the surrounding villages and whose language is Gawarbati. In communicating with them, the people of Sau reportedly resort to using Pashto.
From Wikipedia · Sawi language (Dardic) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Sauji
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | manuS* | |
| name | nom* | |
| eye | ECi* | |
| ear | kan* | |
| nose | nas* | |
| tooth | dan* | |
| tongue | jip* | |
| hand | hath* | |
| blood | rath* | |
| bone | h3d* | |
| skin | gaL* | |
| breast | CuCu* | |
| water | i | |
| fire | ha3Ngor* | |
| sun | suri* | |
| star | toro* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| tree | jul* | |
| leaf | paLo* | |
| night | roth* | |
| dog | kuCuro* | |
| fish | mEcin* | |
| one | y3k* | |
| two | du* | |
| I | ma* | |
| you | tu* | |
| we | 3si* | |
| drink | pi* | |
| see | dErSo* | |
| hear | budo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- PalulaIndo-European60% alike
- KalkotiIndo-European47% alike
- Chitral KalashaIndo-European43% alike
- GawriIndo-European43% alike
- Indus KohistaniIndo-European42% alike
- Wotapuri-KatarqalaiIndo-European42% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · savi1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · sdg