'Ethnologue' divides Pashto into Northern, Southern and Central Pashto, and Wanetsi. Pashto Dialects - "we" Northern [Eastern and Western dialects] /muɡ/ Northern...
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article contains Pashto text. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters or other symbols instead of Pashto script. Pashto (/ˈpʌʃtoʊ/ PUH-shtoh...
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Pashto has 45 letters and 4 diacritic marks. The Southeastern (SE) and Southwestern (SW), Northeastern (NE) and Northwestern (NW) dialects of Pashto are...
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the Southwestern and Southeastern dialects of Pashto. Southern Comparison غوږ Ear South Western [Kandahar] Pashto pronunciation: [/ɣwaʐ/] South Eastern...
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Northwestern and Northeastern dialects of Pashto. Northern Comparison موږ "we" Northern [Wardak] /muʝ/ Northern [Eastern and Western dialects] /munɡ/ Northern [Eastern...
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The Afridi dialect has an 80–90% lexical intelligibility with other Northern dialects of Pashto, while the intelligibility with the dialects of the Southern...
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Pashtun tribes (category Articles containing Pashto-language text)
Bettani speak various Pashto dialects. The Ghilji or (Gharzai) of the central region around Paktika speak Central Pashto, a dialect with unique phonetic...
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Lorimer states: While the Waziri dialects, differ as a family, in a marked degree from the Peshawar and other dialects of Pashto, they also differ to a less...
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of Pashto and Its Dialects. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 37–40. ISBN 978-1-61451-303-2. Khan, Ibrahim (2021-09-07). "Tarīno and Karlāṇi dialects". Pashto. 50...
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phonology of Pashto is of middle complexity,[quantify] but its morphology is very complex. Retroflex Sounds in Pashto ʐ - ږ [South Western Dialect] غوږ [ɣwaʐ]...
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Durrani (category Pashto dialects)
"The Pashto area split into two dialect groups at a pre-literary period, represented today on the one hand by all the dialects of modern Pashto and on...
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Pashtuns (redirect from Pashto people)
Pashtuns (/ˈpʌʃˌtʊn/, /ˈpɑːʃˌtʊn/, /ˈpæʃˌtuːn/; Pashto: پښتانه, romanized: Pəx̌tānə́;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group...
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Eastern Iranian languages (redirect from List of Pashto languages)
Iranian dialects, the Middle-era Eastern Iranian dialects preserve word-final syllables. The largest living Eastern Iranian language is Pashto, with at...
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Wanetsi (redirect from Wanetsi (Pashto dialect))
"The Pashto area split into two dialect groups at a pre-literary period, represented today on the one hand by all the dialects of modern Pashto and on...
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Masidwola (Pashto: ماسیدوله, meaning "of the Mehsuds"), Mehsudi, or Maseedwola is a dialect of Waziristani. Rozi Khan Burki claims that in Waziristani...
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Aimaqi are counted as languages or dialects. Encyclopedia Iranica estimates that 50-55% of Afghanistan speaks Pashto as their native language, but estimates...
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Yusufzai (category Articles containing Pashto-language text)
Yusufzai speak a northern variety of Pashto and some southern variety of Pashto (as in case of Mughal Khel) and Afghan dialect Persian. According to some scholars...
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Ghilji (category Articles containing Pashto-language text)
region speak Central Pashto, a dialect with unique phonetic features, transitional between the southern and the northern dialects of Pashto. Ahmadzai Jabbarkhel...
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perfect), Pashto is an ergative language; i.e., transitive verbs in any of the past tenses agree with the object of the sentence. The dialects show some...
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Ormuri (redirect from Ormuri dialect)
of Logar has been influenced by other Pashto dialects, and, to a still greater extent, by Persian. The dialect of Kaniguram is currently strong, spoken...
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Babai (Pashtun tribe) (category Articles containing Pashto-language text)
speaks the most archaic and soft dialect Pashto language, referred to as Kandahari Pashto dialect or the Southern Dialect. Khan of Babai Tribe " Khan Abdul...
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Bangash (category CS1 Pashto-language sources (ps))
The Bangash, Bungish, Bangaš or Bangakh (Pashto: بنګښ) are a tribe of Pashtuns, inhabiting their traditional homeland, the Bangash district which stretches...
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Languages of Pakistan (category Articles containing Pashto-language text)
number of Indo-Aryan dialects spoken in the neighbourhood of Pashto, likely originally meant "the Indian language" (in contrast to Pashto). An alternative...
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Dari (redirect from Dari (Persian dialect))
Eastern Dialects have developed a system of retroflex consonants under pressure from Pashto. They are not widespread, however. The Kabuli dialect has become...
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Hindko (redirect from Hindko dialects)
out that the southern dialects are more widely understood throughout the Hindko area than are the northern ones. Hindko dialects gradually transition into...
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encompassing several varieties, such as Arabic, Lahnda, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese. The World Factbook, produced by the US Central Intelligence...
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Pashto literature (Pashto: پښتو ليكنې) refers to literature and poetry in Pashto language. The history of Pashto literature spreads over five thousands...
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all their respective varieties, such as Arabic, Lahnda, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese. According to the CIA World Factbook, the most-spoken first...
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Pashtunistan (category Articles containing Pashto-language text)
total Pashto in all countries. Various spellings result from different pronunciation in various Pashto dialects. See Pashto language: Dialects for further...
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Persian language (redirect from List of Persian dialects)
other languages and dialects, ancient and modern, of the Iranian group such as Avestan, Parthian, Soghdian, Kurdish, Balochi, Pashto, etc., Old Persian...
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