Wazirvola

Wazirvola or Waziri ( Pashto وزیر واله, وزیري ) is one of the eastern dialects of the Pashto language, widespread in Waziristan , Bannu County, part of Tank County, as well as in the border regions of Paktiya , Paktika and Khost provinces ^[1] .

This dialect is similar (almost identical) to the dialects of the districts of Urgun and Bannu , has common features with the dialect of the locality of Karak . It is related to the Dzadran and Khost dialects.

In phonetics and grammar, this dialect differs significantly from the literary Pashto, based on the norms of Peshawar, Kabul and Kandahar. The vowels [a], [ɑ], [u] and [o] of literary Pashto are pronounced as [ɑ], [o], [i] and [e] respectively. Another feature of Waziri is that the sounds [ʃ] and [ʂ], as well as their sonorous versions [ʒ] and [ʐ] merged in [ɕ] and [ʑ], as in the language of Ormuri ^[2] . Since the Pashto alphabet has no characters to express them, they are written as ش ، ژ and ښ ، ږ respectively.

There are also some differences in vocabulary. So, the literary “هلک” [halək] “boy” is written and pronounced as “وېړکی” [weɻkai]. The word "لښکي" or "لږکي" replaces the standard "لږ" [ləʐ] "small". The word موږ ([muʐ] or [mung]) "we" is pronounced [miʑ] in Waziri.

The Waziri dialect is not a written or standard language, only literary Pashto is used in this role. Different tribes-carriers of Waziri use different self-names of their dialect, mainly “Waziri, Wazirvol, Masidvol, Mahsidvol, Davarvol”. Differences are insignificant within the dialect, for example, different speakers pronounce phonemes [t͡s] and [d͡z] differently: they sometimes turn into [s] and [z], or even into [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ] depending on the tribe and region .