Waziristāní (), also known as Wazirwóla (, meaning "of the
Wazirs") and Wazirí, is a central
Pashto dialect spoken in
North Waziristan
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and
South Waziristan
South Mahsud Waziristan District () was a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan D ...
. 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 (eastern
Paktika province
Paktika (Pashto: ) 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 residents, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns but sma ...
) and the Bannuchi dialect of
Bannu
Bannu (, ), also called Bani Gul or Bani (, ) 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 and speak Banuch ...
.
Lorimer states:
Waziristani Pashto is spoken by various tribes, and it is also called ''
Masidwola
Masidwola (, meaning "of the Masid (Pashtun tribe), Mehsuds"), Mehsudi, or Maseedwola is a dialect of Waziristani.
Phonology
Rozi Khan Burki claims that in Waziristani is that the phonemes and along with their voiced counterparts, ...
'' by the Mahsuds and ''Dāwaṛwóla'' by the
Dāwaṛ. In the Dāwaṛi variety of Wazrisitani the word for هګۍ [haɡəɪ">Dawari">Dāwaṛ. In the Dāwaṛi variety of Wazrisitani the word for هګۍ [haɡəɪis يييې [jije].
The standard Pashto word for "boy", "هلک" [halək], is rarely heard in Waziristani, instead, "وېړکی" [weṛkai] meaning "little one" is used [from standard: وړوکی -waṛúkai] . The word "ləshki"
əʃkiis used instead of the standard "لږ"
əʐ "a little bit".
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Linguist List
References
{{Iranian languages
Pashto dialects
Languages of Afghanistan
Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Waziristan