Waziristāní ( ps, وزیرستانۍ), also known as Wazirwóla ( ps, وزیرواله, meaning "of the
Wazirs
The Wazirs or Waziris ( ps, وزير) are a Karlani Pashtun tribe found mainly in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region of North waziristan, South Waziristan and Bannu Ahmadzai Wazir (Domel) and Utmanzai wazir (Baka Khel and Jani Khel) The Utmanz ...
") and Wazirí, is a central
Pashto dialect
Pashto dialects ( ps, د پښتو ژبګوټي də Pəx̌tó žәbgóṭi) can be divided into two large varieties: Northern Pashto and Southern Pashto. Each of the two varieties of Pashto is further divided into a number of dialects. Northern P ...
spoken in
North Waziristan
North Waziristan District ( ps, شمالي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanist ...
and
South Waziristan
South Waziristan District ( ps, سويلي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ, ur, ) was a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before splitting in to Lower South Waziristan District and Upper South Waziristan District and t ...
. Waziristani differs in pronunciation and to a much lesser degree in grammar from the other varieties of Pashto.
The Waziristani dialect is similar to the dialect spoken around
Urgun
Urgun ( ps, ارګون) is the main town of the Urgun District of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. With an estimated population of 10,665,Paktika province
Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharana ...
) and the Bannuchi dialect of
Bannu
Bannu ( ps, بنو, translit=banū ; ur, , translit=bannū̃, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe ...
.
Lormier states:
Waziristani Pashto is spoken by various tribes, and it is also called ''
Masidwola
Masidwola ( ps, ماسیدوله, meaning "of the Mehsuds"), Mehsudi, or Maseedwola is a dialect of Waziristani.
Background
Waziristani is an east-central Pashto dialect spoken in South Waziristan, Southeastern parts of North Waziristan, par ...
'' by the
Mahsuds
The Mahsud or Mehsood ( ps, محسود), also spelled Maseed ( ps, ماسيد), is a Karlani Pashtun tribe inhabiting mostly the South Waziristan Agency in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, now merged within Khyb ...
and ''Dāwaṛwóla'' by the
Dāwaṛ. In the Dāwaṛi variety of Wazrisitani the word for هګۍ
aɡəɪis يييې
ije
The standard Pashto word for "boy", "هلک"
alək is rarely heard in Waziristani, instead, "وېړکی"
eṛkaimeaning "little one" is used
rom standard: وړوکی -waṛúkai. The word "ləshki"
əʃkiis used instead of the standard "لږ"
əʐ "a little bit".
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