Afridi Pashto
Afridi or Apridi Pashto 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 | ښ | ږ | څ | ځ | ژ | a | ā | o | u |
| Southern Pashto | Voiceless retroflex sibilant| | Voiced retroflex sibilant| | |||||||
| Quetta dialect | |||||||||
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| Northern Pashto | |||||||||
| Peshawar dialect |