A course in Baluchi. Vol.2

690 Pages·43.541 MB·Balochi-English

by  Barker Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman.

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Title: A course in Baluchi
Author: Barker, Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman
Volume: 2
Publisher, year: Montreal : Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, 1969
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VOLUME TWO
Institute of Islamic Studies
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
1969
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT TWENTY-ONE
21. 000. The Arabic script 1
21. 100. The alphabet: basic principles, listing of letters in alphabetical
order; correspondence with the phonemic alphabet 1
21. 200. The vowels: principles; diacritics and conventions 5
21. 300. Some further problems: standardisation of Baluchi; dialectical
variations; writing of affixes; orthography of words borrowed
from Persian, Arabic, and Urdu; Arabic letters having the
same sound in Baluchi 7
21. 400. The letter groups: details of letter formation 11
21. 500. Other diacritics and conventions: /sadd/; /jazm/ or /swkun/;
/ta marbuta/; /tonvin/; /alyp msksura/; "dagger /alyp/";
the Arabic definite article 33
21.600. The substantive suffixes: writing of the "singular -definite"
suffix /a/, the "plural-definite" suffix /an/-/a/, the "possessive"
suffix /oy/'/\/, the "singular-indefinite" suffix /e/, the
pronominal suffix /e/, the "attributive" suffix /en/-/e/, the
"connective" /w/, and other substantive suffixes; sequences
of substantive suffixes 3 7
21. 700. The verbal affixes: writing of the verbal prefixes, the person-
number suffixes, and other verbal suffixes; the copulative
verb; the existential copulative verb 42
21. 800. Numerals, prices, and dates 45
21. 900. Punctuation and special signs 47
21. 1000. Reading drills 49
UNIT TWENTY-TWO
22. 100. Texts: four fables 81
22. 200. Serial vocabularies and notes 85
22. 300. Drills and exercises 89
UNIT TWENTY-THREE
23. 100. Texts: Baluchi New Year; children's customs; the month of
Muharram; various ball games 95
23. 200. Serial vocabularies and notes 100
23. 300. Drills and exercises 106
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UNIT TWENTY-FOUR
24. 100. Texts: Baluchi ethnic origins; the Baluchi language;
the story of Balach Gorgej 115
24. 200. Serial vocabularies and notes 120
24. 300. Drills and exercises 124
UNIT TWENTY-FIVE
25. 100. Texts: the religion of the Baluchis; Shirin and Dosten 131
25. 200. Serial vocabularies and notes 136
25. 300. Drills and exercises 142
UNIT TWENTY-SIX
2b. 100. Texts: ancient inscriptions; the position (lit. "honouring")
of women 151
26. 200. Serial vocabularies and notes 157
26. 300. Drills and exercises 162
UNIT TWENTY-SEVEN
27. 100. Text: /vaja panc'-kws/, a traditional folktale 171
27. 200. Serial vocabulary and notes 182
27. 300. Drills and exercises 197
UNIT TWENTY-EIGHT
28. 100. Texts: /dwttag/, a modern short story; /amrika - vetnam/,
a newspaper editorial 211
28. 200. Serial vocabularies and notes 225
28. 300. Drills and exercises 249
UNIT TWENTY-NINE
29. 100. Introduction to classical Baluchi poetry: rhyme, scansion,
metre, etc. ; Text I: portion of an epic poem relating the
origins of the Baluchis; serial vocabulary and notes; trans
lation of the selection 263
29. 200. Text II; portion of another epic poem describing the origins
and early wanderings of the Baluchis; serial vocabulary and
notes; translation of the selection 273
29. 300. Text III; an epic poem relating the story of Doda of the Gorgej
tribe; serial vocabulary and notes; translation of the selection . . . 288
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