Northern Pashto

Northern Pashto (Pashto: شمالي پښتو) is a standard variety of the Pashto language spoken in the northern and central parts of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and central-eastern Afghanistan, comprising the Northwestern and Northeastern dialects of Pashto.

[3] موږ Northeastern Pashto,[4] is spoken primarily in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Comparison: Even within the Yusapzai dialect; regional lexical variation is noted; as pointed out by Dr. Muhammad Ali Kaleem:[7] gʊ́tma gwə́təi or Guta sāg sābə́ pyālə́i pyālá kutré or Spey kukré Even with regions there can be minor differences in pronunciation.

Example: [some localities] [general] fpa xpa px̌a, pxa, pša, pṣ̌a The North Western is spoken in the east and northeast Afghanistan.

[8] /muʝ bə d̪ɑ/ There is regional difference in North Western Pashto in pronunciation of words:[9]