Author: H G Raverty
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 204
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120602676
Description
First published in 1859, this authoritative work is the result of author's painstaking research of over 12 years into the language which many regarded as purely colloquial.
The Pushto, or language of the Afghans, is written in the 'naskh' character of Arabic. It was invented in the third century of the Hijrah by Ibn Oklah, and brought to great perfection by Ali Ibn Bowab, who flourished in the following century, and other celebrated calligraphists.
The original Pushto alphabet, before the introduction of foreign words into the language, consisted of twenty-nine different sounds only. But at present, the Afghans also use the twenty-eight Arabian letters, with the addition of the extra four adopted by the Persians, altogether making a total of forty characters, the whole of which are consonants. Several letters assume different shapes according to their position at the commencement, middle, or end a word.
Contents
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
CHAPTER I
The Alphabet
CHAPTER II
The Parts of Speech
CHAPTER III
The Noun
CHAPTER IV
The Adjective
CHAPTER V
The Pronoun
CHAPTER VI
The Verb
CHAPTER VII
The Separate Particles
CHAPTER VIII
The Derivation of words
CHAPTER IX
The Numerals
CHAPTER X
The Syntax
Appendix Specimen translation from the Articles of War
Stories in the Pushto character with the English