Compare two dialects of Pashto side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Yusufzai Pashto · Peshawari Pashto
The Pashto of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and parts of eastern Afghanistan. The literary basis of Pakistani Pashto, with the characteristic /ʃ/-realisation of the historical retroflex sibilant.
Kandahari Pashto
The Pashto of southern Afghanistan around Kandahar. Considered the most conservative Pashto variety, retaining retroflex consonants lost in the northern dialects.
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