Southern Pashto

Kandahari Pashto is spoken in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, most of Urozgan, Farah, Faryab and Nimruz, southeastern Ghor, the districts of Murghab, Ghormach, Muqur, and Jawand in Badghis, and parts of Zabul, Paktika, and Herat provinces of Afghanistan.

[8] The following has been noted:[9] bam bə me me: Weak Oblique 1st Pronoun ای د سترګو ديد بم سره کله کږي āi də stə́rgo did bam sará kə́la káži Oh when will my eyes' [do his] viewing amə́i gaḍā́ rā́la rā́ğla si če According to Josef Elfenbein, Sherani Pashto can be classed either as South Western or South Eastern.

[11] Word choice can be distinct:[12] gā́nda mazdə́k lə rāsá the Arabic borrowings: سبا [from صباح] and مسجد .

Whereas Sherani uses more pure Pashto: ګانده and مزدک sabā́ masjéd lə rāsá sabā́ jumā́t tə rāšá the two Southern dialects, ته is used instead of له and the form of the verb to-be: شول is used instead of سول

In Marwat-Bettani the following is noted:[13] Compare the words Marwatwala agrees with other Karlāṇi varieties in the phonetic change in ښ as [ʃ].