SPEAKING PAKISTANI PUKHTO
A practical guide to learning the language of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Preface
This book is an attempt to help anyone wanting to learn the spoken language of modern Pakistani Pukhto. It was developed through the kindness and generosity of Pukhtun friends.
Learning another language has to do with motivation. No greater motivation exists than the desire to respect and enjoy the great wisdom, wit and values of another culture. It is a goal that can only be achieved through shared language. As the great poet Rahman Baba says:
واړه د خپل ځان په نظر ګوره که دا نا يې
ای عبدالرحمانه درست جهان عبدالرحمان دی
If you are wise, treat everyone like you do yourself.
O Abdul Rahman, the whole world is Abdul Rahman.
Robert Sampson
Peshawer, 2020
On the Current Digital Edition
What you’re viewing now is a DRAFT revision and digitization of the original printed version. A few major changes include:
- Revision of some grammar explanations and terminology
- A new phonetic system which can easily typed by learners as no special symbols are required
- A much easier way of accessing the recordings; simply click on a word or example to hear the pronunciation
The revision and development of this new digital version was done by LingDocs.
Copyright © 2020 Sampson, Robert
All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations.
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