Pashto, Southern

A language of Afghanistan

Location

Badghis, Farah, Helmand, Herat, Kandahar, Nimroz, Uruzgan, and Zabul provinces.

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Belgium

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

10,300 in Belgium (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Germany

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

81,500 in Germany (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Iran

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

113,000 in Iran (1993). Population does not include refugees.

Location

Razavi Khorasan and South Khorasan provinces: Afghanistan border east of Qa’en.

Alternate Names

Paktu, Pashtu, “Afghani” (pej.)

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Language Use

Also use Iranian Persian [pes].

Other Comments

Different from Northern Pashto [pbu] of Pakistan and India. Muslim.

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Pakistan

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

5,960,000 in Pakistan (2017 census).

Location

Balochistan province: Loralai, Mastung, Quetta, Pishin, Sibi, and Ziarat districts, and adjacent areas; Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Dera Ismail Khan district; Punjab province: Dera Ghazi Khan district.

Alternate Names

Pashtu, Pushto, Pushtu, Quetta-Kandahari Pashto

Dialects

Southeastern Pashto, Quetta Pashto.

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Language Use

Some Pashto educated in Urdu [urd] medium schools mix the languages. Used as L2 by Waneci [wne].

Other Comments

Muslim.

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Sweden

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

19,400 in Sweden (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Tajikistan

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

32,400 in Tajikistan (2017).

Location

Khatlon region.

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

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Turkmenistan

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

1,500 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b), based on ethnicity.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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United Arab Emirates

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

154,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Came from Afghanistan. Muslim.

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United Kingdom

Language NamePashto, Southern

User Population

40,300 in United Kingdom (2011 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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