Waziristāní (), also known as Wazirwóla (, meaning "of the

Wazirs The Wazirs or Waziris () are a Karlani Pashtun tribe found mainly in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. The Utmanzai Wazir are settled in North Waziristan and Wazir Tehsil in Bannu, while the Ahmadzai Wazir and Mahsud Wazir are in South ...

") and Wazirí, is a central

Pashto dialect Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyber ...

spoken in

North Waziristan North Waziristan District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . The capital ...

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 Urgun () is the main town of the Urgun District of Paktika Province, Afghanistan. With an estimated population of 10,665,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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{{Iranian languages Pashto dialects Languages of Afghanistan Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Waziristan