Abstract
Due to various reasons Afghani’s Pathan migrated to Quetta from
Afghanistan. Most of the population of Quetta speaks Pashto, Afghani
Pashto speaking migrant all the time in contact with Pakistani Pashto
so; they mix Pakistani Pashto with Afghanistan Pashto that makes new
variety of Pashto. The objective of the study is to find out the changes
in Afghani Pashto language, due to in contact of Pakistani Pashto
language. People living in Quetta have adopted words from Pakistani
Pashto, Afghani migrates’ new generation who started living where
they had many Balochi speakers in the vicinity, have started speaking
in Balochi accent , and new generation who are having interaction
with Urdu speakers, have influence of Urdu in their accent in spoken
Pashto.
Naheed Qasim. (2015) Language Drop a Line to Change the Jargon: A Socio Linguistic Study of Afghani and Pakistani Dialect of Pashto Language., Pashto, Volume 44, Issue 1.
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