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The Ormur (Pashto: اورمړ), also called BurkiorBaraki (Pashto: برکي), are an Eastern Iranic people mainly living in Baraki Barak, in the Logar provinceofAfghanistan and in Kaniguram, in the South Waziristan districtofPakistan.[1]

Despite speaking their own distinct Eastern Iranian languages, called Ormuri, the Ormur are part of the Pashtun tribal system and identify with the Karlan confederacy of the region.[citation needed]

Background

The Pashtun warrior-poet Pir Roshan, born in 1525 in Jalandhar, India, belonged to the Ormur tribe. He moved with his family to their ancestral homeland of Kaniguram in Waziristan, from where he led the Roshani movement against the Mughal Empire.[citation needed]

Language and demographics

Ormuri[2] is the first language of the Ormurs living in Kaniguram and its vicinity in South Waziristan; today, all are bilingual in the local Pashto dialect of Waziristani (Maseedwola).

They are also found in Baraki BarakinLogar and in the outskirts of GhazniinAfghanistan. However, Pashto and Dari have replaced Ormuri language there.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Isolate language from the mountains of Waziristan faces extinction". 25 March 2014.
  • ^ Burki, Rozi (12 July 2001). "Dying Languages; Special Focus on Ormuri". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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