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 Utman ...

") 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 Afghanis ...

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 ...

. 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 Sharan ...

) and the Bannuchi dialect of Bannu. 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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{{Iranian languages Pashto dialects Languages of Afghanistan Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Waziristan