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| The '''Yousafzai''' is the smallest ethnic ]/] tribe and largest in ] of Pakistan. ''Yousafzai'' translates into English as "The Sons of Joseph": ''Yousaf'' = ''Joseph'', ''zai'' = ''son of''. Their spoken langagues is Pashto. The Yousefzai are considered to speak the purest form of Pashto. Clans include Isa (Jesus), Moosa (Moses), Malizai, Akozai, Chagharzai, Orba, Madakhel and Bazikhel. | The '''Yousafzai''' is the smallest ethnic ]/] tribe and largest in ] of Pakistan. ''Yousafzai'' translates into English as "The Sons of Joseph": ''Yousaf'' = ''Joseph'', ''zai'' = ''son of''. Their spoken langagues is Pashto. The Yousefzai are considered to speak the purest form of Pashto. Clans include Isa (Jesus), Moosa (Moses), Malizai, Akozai, Chagharzai, Orba, Madakhel and Bazikhel. | ||
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The Yousafzai is the smallest ethnic Afghan/Pashtun tribe and largest in NWFP of Pakistan. Yousafzai translates into English as "The Sons of Joseph": Yousaf = Joseph, zai = son of. Their spoken langagues is Pashto. The Yousefzai are considered to speak the purest form of Pashto. Clans include Isa (Jesus), Moosa (Moses), Malizai, Akozai, Chagharzai, Orba, Madakhel and Bazikhel.
Other spellings include:
- Euzefzai
- Yusefzai
- Yosefzai
- Yousefzai
The majority of The Yousafzai reside in Pakistan, in the areas of mardan malakand and Swabi.