Babai (Pashtun tribe)
The Babai (Pashto: بابئی or بابئے), also known as Babi (Pashto: بابی ), is a Ghurghasti Pashtun tribe. This tribe lives mostly in Quetta, Pakistan and Zabol Province, Afghanistan.<[1] The tribe speaks the most archaic and soft dialect of Pashto language, referred to as Kandahari Pashto dialect or the Southern Dialect.[2]
Notables
- Parveen Babi, Bollywood actress.
- Nawab Muhammad Dilawar Khanji: 14th Givernor of Sindh, Pakistan.
- Nawab Mohammad Jehangir Khanji: Advisor to Chief Minister, Sindh.
See also
References
- ↑ "AfghanTribes". afghantribes.com.
- ↑ "Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, Volume 4 Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri" (PDF).
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