Question for Waziris

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Had a good conversation with a Pakistani Pashtun and he taught me a lot about Pashto. He told me that he can recognise Afghan dialects from the way they speak. He made it clear that it's not just 'North and South' with the hard 'kh' and soft 'sh', there's more to it than that. I wanted to ask him about Wazirwola (Waziri Pushto) and he told me it's completely different to where he's from (Swat).

How different is Waziri Pashto from standard North/Central/South Pashto? Can you guys understand it? To what extent is Wazirwola different from the standard dialects? Any examples in sentences or phrases?

Enlighten me please.

[Kakar-Wardak]

Im not waziri but yes there pashto is very different e.g.

Pakistan Army war crimes on the Pashtuns of Waziristan - YouTube

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Im not waziri but yes there pashto is very different e.g.

Pakistan Army war crimes on the Pashtuns of Waziristan - YouTube

I've noticed the tendency to replace 'a' with 'o'. So when he's talking about the jets coming he says 'roghulay' instead of 'raghalai'. Instead of using 'Muzh' (we) he says 'Mizh'. Also he calls Taliban 'taleboon'. I assume you're from Quetta or someplace in Balochistan as your name is Kakar. Do you find it difficult to understand Wazirwola?

By the way, terrible video. Heartbreaking to watch.

[Kakar-Wardak]

I've noticed the tendency to replace 'a' with 'o'. So when he's talking about the jets coming he says 'roghulay' instead of 'raghalai'. Instead of using 'Muzh' (we) he says 'Mizh'. Also he calls Taliban 'taleboon'. I assume you're from Quetta or someplace in Balochistan as your name is Kakar. Do you find it difficult to understand Wazirwola?

By the way, terrible video. Heartbreaking to watch.

I don't speak the southern dialect, my family live in noweshara and surrounding areas we speak the northern dialect as they call it.

[Shapur]

I have a hard time undrestanding the Wazirwola accent. I have gotten better at undrestanding it over the years because of more exposure to it but I still can't comprehend it when the accent is really thick. Most Waziristanis and Paktiawals change their accent when they speak to people of other regions because they won't be able to undretand it properly. I am a speaker of Ghiljai dialect and find it easier to comprehend southern and northern dialects of Queta/kandahar and peshwar. Ghiljai dialect is like a mix of northern and southern with some unique vocabulary so it makes it easier for us to undrestand a variety of dialects. I think speakers of southern and northern dialects have the hardest time undrestanding other dialects because they are at the extremes.

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

I have a hard time undrestanding the Wazirwola accent. I have gotten better at undrestanding it over the years because of more exposure to it but I still can't comprehend it when the accent is really thick. Most Waziristanis and Paktiawals change their accent when they speak to people of other regions because they won't be able to undretand it properly. I am a speaker of Ghiljai dialect and find it easier to comprehend southern and northern dialects of Queta/kandahar and peshwar. Ghiljai dialect is like a mix of northern and southern with some unique vocabulary so it makes it easier for us to undrestand a variety of dialects. I think speakers of southern and northern dialects have the hardest time undrestanding other dialects because they are at the extremes.

I had a hard time talking to people in the northern dialect and infact i still do.I had non existant exposure to peshawari pashto prior 2011 because in Pakistan i had only lived among marwat banusi and other tribes like kundi bhittani most of my friends were from them.

I will post videos related to wazirwola.

[Porus]

I have a hard time undrestanding the Wazirwola accent. I have gotten better at undrestanding it over the years because of more exposure to it but I still can't comprehend it when the accent is really thick. Most Waziristanis and Paktiawals change their accent when they speak to people of other regions because they won't be able to undretand it properly. I am a speaker of Ghiljai dialect and find it easier to comprehend southern and northern dialects of Queta/kandahar and peshwar. Ghiljai dialect is like a mix of northern and southern with some unique vocabulary so it makes it easier for us to undrestand a variety of dialects. I think speakers of southern and northern dialects have the hardest time undrestanding other dialects because they are at the extremes.

Interesting. Would you say that Wazirwola is maybe an older form of Pashto?

Which city are you from Shapur?

[Shapur]

I had a hard time talking to people in the northern dialect and infact i still do.I had non existant exposure to peshawari pashto prior 2011 because in Pakistan i had only lived among marwat banusi and other tribes like kundi bhittani most of my friends were from them.

I will post videos related to wazirwola.

I think it is easier for wazirs to learn northern dialect because most media in Pakistan is in the northern dialect and they are the most numerous in terms of population than vie versa because of limited exposure of northerners to wazirwola dialect.

Interesting. Would you say that Wazirwola is maybe an older form of Pashto?

Which city are you from Shapur?

We don't know which dialect is original but most linguistics agree that the southern dialect Zhob/kandahar/Quetta etc is older than northern dialect.

I am from Kabul.

[toughpashtun]

The Karlani dialects, whether Wazir,Khattak or those across the border in Khost etc are different from the non-Karlani dialects such as Yusufzai or Kakar. So, a Khattak and a Wazir will be able to understand each other more easily then say, a Wazir and a Yusufzai.