Abstract: To consider any language and/or dialects of any language, there are many loan words which easily we can find them. Hazaragi dialect is one of the most utilizable and major dialect among other 30 dialects and languages of Afghanistan which is using by approximately 4-7 million people in all over Afghanistan and foreign countries. In the present study, the author has tried to have a short glance on the Hazara term politically, socially, geographically, and moreover how Hazaragi dialect affected from other languages in course of time. Furthermore, the author pointed out some loan words which the Hazaragi dialect borrowed from other languages - particularly Turkic and Mongolian words which are existed in the dialect abundantly. Though, Hazaragi as the major dialect in Afghanistan is always suffered from political and social discrimination during past of time, where the dialect not only borrowed from Turkic and Mongolian words, of course if we consider the dialect in modern time, there are lots of loan words which we can find them from English, Russian, and particularly the languages of neighboring countries as well. Besides, the governments of Afghanistan during the course of time prejudiced on the Hazaras which smoothly influenced on language too. Likewise there is no comprehensive study on the loan words of Hazaragi – but the collected words are very common in Hazaragi dialect of Afghanistan.
Keywords: Hazara; loan words; social and political factors; dialect; geographical boundaries; language changes.
Title: The Hazaragi Dialect: A study of Turkic-Mongolian loan words on Hazaragi dialect of Afghanistan
Author: Associate professor Esmail Qasemyar
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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