Lasi dialect (Sindhi) explained
Lasi, or Lassi, also called Kohistani is a dialect of the Sindhi language spoken on the western frontier of Sindh and Balochistan in Pakistan.[2] [3] [4] It is spoken by the Sindhi Lasi people of Lasbela, Hub and Gwadar in Balochistan, and Lasi is also spoken in the Kohistan region of Karachi, Thatta and Jamshoro districts of Sindh.[5]
Loanwords
Lasi is known to use loanwords from other languages, primarily from Persian as well as Balochi.[6]
Orthography
Lasi uses the same orthography as Sindhi except an extra letter, ۏ, which has been added to the Balochi Standard Alphabet. Many educated Lasi speakers use the Latin alphabet in an effort to romanise the language.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: ScriptSource - Lasi written with Arabic script, Naskh variant .
- Book: Handbook of comparative and historical Indo-European linguistics ; Volume 1 . 2017 . De Gruyter Mouton . Berlin Boston . 9783110393248 . 433 . The five major dialects of Sindhi are Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari, and Kachhi. Four dialects are spoken within the borders of Sindh itself. Siraiki, in Upper Sindh, is not to be confused with the Punjabi language of the same name. Vicholi, considered the standard dialect, is spoken in central Sindh, while Lari is the dialect in southern Sindh. Lasi is spoken on the western frontier of Sindh and in Balochistan. The Sindhi spoken in the Thar desert of the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is called Thari. In Gujarat, Kachhi is spoken along the Rann of Kutch and in the Kathiawar peninsula..
- Book: Austin . Peter . One thousand languages: living, endangered, and lost . 2008 . University of California press . Berkeley (Calif.) . 9780520255609 . 126 . Sindhi has six major dialects: Siraiki (Seraiki), Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari (Thareli) and Katchhi (Kachchhi). However, other sources consider at least Katchhi to be a separate language. In addition, the name Siraiki is used to describe a different language variety, sometimes listed as a separate language and sometimes as a dialect of Punjabi..
- Web site: Linguistic Survey of India . 9 . two other dialects, Lasi and Kachchhi, have to be added to the list. 2023-06-15 . dsal.uchicago.edu.
- Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Iranica. BALUCHISTAN i. Geography, History and Ethnography (cont.). https://iranicaonline.org/articles/baluchistan-ia. 2010.
- Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language. Veesar . Zahid Ali . Aliani . Asadullah . Roonjho . Zafrullah . SUBSTITUTION OF IMPLOSIVES WITH ENGLISH LOANWORDS IN LASI . 2020 .
- Aliani . Asad Ullah . Ali . Zahid . Khan . Sami Ullah . English Loanwords Adaptation and Substitution Process in Lasi . University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature . 2022.
