Wanetsi

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Wanetsi is a distinct and archaic variety of Pashto spoken by a small community in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language variety
language variety
branchOf Eastern Iranian branch
endangermentStatus endangered
ethnicAssociation Pashtuns
surface form: Pashtun

Pashtuns
surface form: Tareen Pashtuns
hasAlternativeName Tareeno
Pashto language
surface form: Tarin Pashto

Waneci
Pashto language
surface form: Wanetsi Pashto
hasHistoricalRelation preserves older Pashto features
hasISOCode none
hasLinguisticFeature conservative phonology compared to standard Pashto
lexical differences from standard Pashto
morphological differences from standard Pashto
hasPhonologicalFeature retention of archaic Pashto sounds
hasResearchStatus underdescribed in linguistic literature
hasSociolinguisticStatus primarily oral language
used in local community domains
isA archaic variety of Pashto
distinct variety of Pashto
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with other Pashto dialects
numberOfSpeakers small community of speakers
recognizedAs distinct dialect by some linguists
region southern Afghanistan
western Pakistan
relatedTo Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
spokenBy Tareen tribe
Wanetsi people
spokenIn Afghanistan
Balochistan, Pakistan
Sibi District
surface form: Harnai District

Kandahar Province
Pakistan
Zabul Province
subclassOf Northwestern Iranian languages
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
threatenedBy shift to Dari
shift to Urdu
shift to standard Pashto
writingSystem Arabic script
Pashto alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakhto hasDialect Wanetsi
Pashto language hasDialect Wanetsi