Southern Pashto
Southern Pashto (Pashto: جنوبي/سهيلي پښتو) is a standard variety of the Pashto language spoken in Afghanistan, comprising the Southwestern and Southeastern dialects of Pashto.
| Southern Pashto | |
|---|---|
| South Western Pashto, South Eastern Pashto | |
| Native to | Afghanistan |
| Ethnicity | Pashtuns |
| Speakers | L1: 16 million (2017) L2: 3.5 million (2021) |
Indo-European
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| Arabic (Pashto alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pbt |
| Glottolog | sout2649 |
| Part of a series on |
| Pashto language |
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| Writing systems |
| Dialects |
| Language regulation |
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan Pashto Academy |
| Native to |
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