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Waziri language


Wazirwola (Pashto: وزیر والهwazīrwāla, meaning "of the Wazirs"), or Waziri (Pashto: وزیري)‎), is an east-central Pashto dialect spoken in North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Bannu and parts of Tank in Pakistan, and in certain adjacent districts of Paktika, Khost and Paktia provinces of Afghanistan.

The Wazir dialect is almost identical to the dialect spoken around Urgon (eastern Paktika province) and the Bannuchi dialect of Bannu, and somewhat resembles the dialect spoken by Khattaks in Karak. The dialects of Loya Paktia like Khosti and Zadrani are also very closely related, except that they are of the harsh northern variety.

Wazirwola differs significantly in pronunciation and grammar from the standard literary Pashto based on the larger Kandahar, Kabul and Peshawar dialects. The vowels [a], [ɑ], [u] and [o] of standard Pashto yield [ɑ], [o], [i] and [e] respectively, so [paʂto] becomes [pɑɕte] in Waziri. A special feature of Waziri is that the phonemes [ʃ] and [ʂ], along with their voiced counterparts, [ʒ] and [ʐ], have merged into the phonemes [ɕ] and [ʑ], both of which also exist in the nearby Ormuri language of Kaniguram, South Waziristan. The Pashto alphabet has no symbol for their expression and the regular symbols of ژ and ش may be used.


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