Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Iranian language in Afghanistan and Pakistan (about 10 million speakers), official language of Afghanistan.
Characteristics: phonologically and morphologically more complicated than Persian, structured ergatively (
ergative language) in the preterite. Word order: strictly SOV.
References
Lorenz, M. 1979. Lehrbuch des Pashto (Afghanisch). Leipzig.
Lorimer, D.L.R. 1915. A syntax of colloquial Pashto. Oxford.
Penzl, H.
1955. A grammar of Pashto. Washington, DC.
Shafeev, D.A. 1964. A short grammatical outline of Pashto. Bloomington, IN and The Hague. (=IJAL 30:3, pub. 33.)
Etymological dictionary
Morgenstierne, G. 1927. An etymological vocabulary of Pashto. Oslo.
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