Speaking Afghan Pashto : the eastern Afghan dialect / edited by Randall Olson [and Mohammad Afzal Rashid] ; main contributors, Randall Olson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olson, Randall.

Rashid, Mohammad Afzal

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pushto language--Dialects--Afghanistan--Nangarhār--Conversation and phrase books.

Pushto language.

Pushto language--Dialects--Afghanistan--Nangarhār--Grammar.

Grammar.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--Nangarhār.

Genre:

Conversation and phrase books.

Phrase books.

Physical Description:

xix, 464 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound ; 4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Peshawar, [Pakistan] : Interlit Foundation, 2007.

Language Note:

In English and Pushto (romanized).

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "readings from the textbook: 60 hours in mp3 format."--Sheet accompanying CD-ROM.

"This new language learning resource is designed to help learners acquire conversational ability in Afghan Pashto. Pashto is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is estimated (1999 figures) that the Pashtuns of Afghanistan number about 10 million, while those in Pakistan total about 18 million people. Each Lesson in Speaking Afghan Pashto includes dialogues, pronunciation drills and grammatical explanations, augmented by exercises, comprehension drills, vocabulary lists, and proverbs, all in easy-to-use phonetic script with English explanations."--From publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-405) and index.

Accompanying CD-ROM is copyright 2009.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789698343378

9698343377

OCLC:

232546557