Lasi dialect

Lasi, or Lassi, (لاسي) is an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan belonging to the Sindhi group and commonly counted as a dialect of Sindhi itself. It is spoken by the Lasi people of Lasbela District in Balochistan.[2]

Lasi
لاسي
Native toPakistan
RegionBalochistan (Las Bela)
EthnicityLasi
Arabic script (Naskh, Nastaliq)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lss
Glottologlasi1242

Dispute

Lasi has been disputed whether it is a language or a dialect of Sindhi. Most linguists agree that it is part of the wider Sindhi languages, not to be confused with the Sindhi language itself, which includes many languages that used to be dialects of Sindhi, such as Jadgali and Kutchi.[3]

Loanwords

Lasi is known to be using loanwords from other languages, primarily Persian as well as Balochi.[4] More recently, many English and Urdu words have entered the language.

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.[5]

References
  1. "ScriptSource - Lasi written with Arabic script, Naskh variant".
  2. "BALUCHISTAN i. Geography, History and Ethnography (cont.)". Encyclopedia Iranica. 2010.
  3. "Lasi - language or dialect?". 16 September 2016.
  4. Veesar, Zahid Ali; Aliani, Asadullah; Roonjho, Zafrullah (2020). "SUBSTITUTION OF IMPLOSIVES WITH ENGLISH LOANWORDS IN LASI". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Aliani, Asad Ullah; Ali, Zahid; Khan, Sami Ullah (2022). "English Loanwords Adaptation and Substitution Process in Lasi". University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature.
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