Northern Pashto ( ps, شمالي پښتو) comprises the North Western (

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North Eastern

Northeastern Pashto, is spoken primarily in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of

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Yusapzai

Yusufzai/Yusapzai Pashto is the most-spoken subdialect in the Northeastern Dialect. Comparison:

Lexical Variation

Even within the Yusapzai dialect; regional lexical variation is noted; as pointed out by Dr. Muhammad Ali Kaleem:

= Sub-regional lexical variation

= Even with regions there can be minor differences in pronunciation. Example:

North Western

The North Western is spoken in the east and northeast Afghanistan.

Phonological Variation

There is regional difference in North Western Pashto in pronunciation of words:

References

Pashto dialects Languages of Afghanistan Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa {{ie-lang-stub