Pashto, Central

PST

vigorous

Alternate Names: Mahsudi, Waziri

Dialects: Bannuchi (Bannochi, Bannu), Waciri (Waziri). Lexical comparison and interviews indicate this is distinct from Northern Pashto , and Southern Pashto ,. A member of macrolanguage Pushto ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Iranian
Eastern
Southeastern
Pashto

Demographics: 6,520,000 (2013 SIL).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Savi [sdg], Ushojo [ush].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing System: Arabic

Nation of Origin: Pakistan

Other Comments: Muslim (Sunni).