This study explores the Balochi-Brahui vernacular literary resistance in comparison with Punjabi language from a historical perspective, which has never been highlighted before. Vernacular during British colonial rule triggered numerous physical movements different parts of Raj, Balochistan west to colonized Punjab east. The movement was designed protect against forceful imposition Urdu along E...

sarhaddi balochi dialect, a language variety of western (rakhshani) balochi, employs derivation through affixation as one of its word formation processes. the purpose of this article is to present a synchronic description of the way(s) different derivational affixes function in making complex words in sarhaddi balochi as spoken in granchin[1] district located about 35kms to the southeast of kha...

This empirical study deals with language contact phenomena in Sistan. Code-copying is viewed as a strategy of linguistic behavior when a dominated language acquires new elements in lexicon, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatic organization, etc., which can be interpreted as copies of a dominating language. In this framework Persian is regarded as the model code which provides elements for b...

Sarhaddi Balochi dialect, a language variety of Western (Rakhshani) Balochi, employs derivation through affixation as one of its word formation processes. The purpose of this article is to present a synchronic description of the way(s) different derivational affixes function in making complex words in Sarhaddi Balochi as spoken in Granchin[1] district located about 35Kms to the southeast of Kha...

Abstract This paper discusses discourse features such as tail-head linkage and repetition, development devices, associative strategies subordination in oral narrative texts the Koroshi (KoB), Sistani (SiB), Coastal (CoB) dialects of Balochi, all which belong to North-West branch Iranian language family. The frequency with these vary dialect, variation can be attributed different stages orality....

For the Western Iranian languages the transition from the Old Iranian to the Middle-Iranian period is characterised by – among other things – the loss of word-final syllables. This loss had a far-reaching impact on the nominal and verbal systems since it caused the loss of categories which had been expressed by suffixes. The consequences include the emergence of the so-called ergative system. ...

for the western iranian languages the transition from the old iranian to the middle-iranian period is characterised by – among other things – the loss of word-final syllables. this loss had a far-reaching impact on the nominal and verbal systems since it caused the loss of categories which had been expressed by suffixes. the consequences include the emergence of the so-called ergative system. ...

background: among the infectious organisms of parasitic origin, gastrointestinal nematodes are very important as they have been reported worldwide. the main aim of the present research study to highlight the annual epidemiological contributing factors associated with the prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes and their control in sheep. methods: a total 1200 faecal samples (100 per month) wer...