Afridi Pashto

Afridi or Apridi Pashto (Pashto: افريدی، اپريدی‎ afrīdī/aprīdī) is a Northern Karlani dialect of the Pashto language that is widespread among the representatives of the Afridis kin. The Afridi Pashto is a spoken language in the area of settlement of Afridis – the regions of Khyber and Kohat, Orakzai Agency, the cities of Zakka Khel, Jamrud, Darra Adam Khel and the valley of Timrakh. The Afridi dialect has an 80–90% lexical intelligibility with other Northern dialects of Pashto, while the intelligibility with the dialects of the Southern Region is 75–80%.

Phonetics

The phonetics of Afridi Pashto are similar to the phonetics of other Northern dialects of Pashto.

Dialects[1] ښ ږ څ ځ ژ a ā o u
Southern Pashto [ʂ] [ʐ] [t͡s] [d͡z] [ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Quetta dialect [ʃ] [ʒ] [t͡s] [d͡z] [ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Afridi [x] [ɡ] [t͡s] [z] [d͡ʒ] [ɑ] [ɒ, o] [o] [u]
Northern Pashto (Eastern Pashto) [x] [ɡ] [t͡s] [z] [ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]
Peshawar dialect [x] [ɡ] [s] [z] [d͡ʒ] [a] [ɑ] [o] [u]

Footnotes
  1. Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.

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