PST ISO 639-3
Pashto, Central
پښتو (Pashto) Autonym
A language of Pakistan
- ISO 639
- pst
- Alternate Names
- Mahsudi
- Autonym
- پښتو (Pashto)
- Population
- 8,490,000 (2017 census).
- Location:
- Balochistan province: north; Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Bannu and Karak districts; Wazirstan agencies and Lakki Marwat and Tank regions; Punjab province: some border areas in Bhakkar district.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto
- Dialects
- Waciri (Waziri), Bannuchi (Bannochi, Bannu). Lexical comparison and interviews indicate this is distinct from Northern Pashto [pbu] and Southern Pashto [pbt]. A member of macrolanguage Pushto [pus].
- Typology
- SOV; noun head final; gender (masculine/feminine); no articles; case-marking (3 cases); verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject; passives; tense and aspect; causatives.
- Language Use
- Also use Saraiki [skr]. Used as L2 by Ormuri [oru], Savi [sdg].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Pashto, Central
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Balochistan province: north; Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Bannu and Karak districts; Wazirstan agencies and Lakki Marwat and Tank regions; Punjab province: some border areas in Bhakkar district.
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