Masidwola dialect
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| Masidwola | |
|---|---|
| Waziri, Dawari, Maseedwola | |
| Native to | Pakistan, Afghanistan |
| Region | Waziristan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | waci1238 |
Masidwola (Pashto: ماسیدوله, meaning "of the Mehsuds"), Mehsudi, or Maseedwola is a dialect of Waziristani.
Background
Waziristani is an east-central Pashto dialect spoken in South Waziristan, Southeastern parts of North Waziristan, parts of Bannu and Tank in Pakistan, and in certain adjacent districts of Paktika, Khost and Paktia provinces of Afghanistan.[citation needed]
The Masidwola dialect is almost identical to the dialect spoken around Urgun (eastern Paktika province) Wazirwola dialect and the Bannuchi dialect of Bannu, somewhat resembles the dialect spoken by Khattaks in Karak and has distant resemblance with Afridi dialect .[citation needed] The dialects of Loya Paktia like Zadrani are also very closely related, except that they are of the harsh northern variety.[citation needed]
Phonology
Masidwola differs significantly in pronunciation and grammar from the standard literary Pashto based on the larger Kandahar, Kabul and Yousafzai dialects.[citation needed] The vowels [a], [ɑ], [u] and [o] of standard Pashto yield [ɑ], [o], [i] and [e] respectively, so [paʂto] becomes [pɑɕte] in Masidwola.[citation needed] A special feature of Waziristani is that the phonemes [ʃ] and [ʂ], along with their voiced counterparts, [ʒ] and [ʐ], have merged into the phonemes [ɕ] and [ʑ],[citation needed] both of which also exist in the nearby Ormuri or Warmuri language of Burkis of Kaniguram, South Waziristan.[1] The Pashto alphabet has no symbol for their expression and the regular symbols of ژ and ش may be used.
Lexicon
The standard Pashto word for "boy", "هلک" [halək], is rarely heard in Masidwola. Instead, "وړکای" [wuɻkai] meaning "little one" is used.
The word "ləshki" [ləɕki] is used instead of the standard "لږ" [ləʐ], "a little bit".
The pronoun میږ ([muʐ] or [mung]), meaning "we", is pronounced [miʑh] in Masidwola.[citation needed]
Orthography
Masidwola, like many other obscure Pashto dialects, is almost never written, and its speakers may use standard Pashto as a literary language. Masidwola Pashto is spoken by various tribes, by the Burki and Dawarwola by the Dawari. There are slight differences in pronunciation, for example, the phonemes [t͡s] and [d͡z] can become [s] and [z], or even [t͡ʃ] and [d͡ʒ], depending on the tribe or area the speaker is from.[citation needed]
See also
Notes
- Linguist List
- Lorimer, John Gordon (1902). Grammar and Vocabulary of Waziri Pashto.
References
- ^ Rozi Khan Burki. "Dying Languages; Special Focus on Ormuri". Originally published in Pakistan Journal of Public Administration; Volume 6. No. 2 in December 2001. Khyber.ORG.