The Phonemic Value of Pashto Language Special Letters

Authors

  • Sayed Kazem Shahedkhel Assistant Professor of Pashto Language Faculty of Languages and Literature Takhar University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v8i7.1666

Keywords:

Pashto phonemes, dialect, dental affricates, retroflex nasal, retroflex oral stops, retroflex palatal fricatives.

Abstract

This academic paper assists its readers in the field of Pashto Language phonetics insight that in the future study it can be used as a source for its users. Phonetic is one branch of linguistics because phonetics studies the human’s practical sound scientifically. Phonetics provides some approaches for description of classification and writing of sounds. This paper is regarding the rules of Pashto Language productive phonetics in order to prove whether there is such grapheme and phonemes in other world languages or not? Therefore, the diversity of Afghanistan language, particularly Pashto Language is counted as the cultural heir and rich wealth for current globe. Hence, in this academic paper Pashto Language phonemics rules are studied and linguistic study of it opens a door for Afghan users. For this reason, phonetic is the basic study of linguistics and literature is depended on grammar and grammar is relied on morphology and morphology is depended on phonology and phonology is the base and important element of phonetics. The other spot of this paper is the similarity of some phonetics letters of Pashto Language alphabet with Indo-European because Pashto Language is on branch of Indo-European family and has its own alphabet with special features that the speakers use it. The phonemic rules of aforementioned language is like other Indo-European languages.

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2019-07-07

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