Central Pashto

Central Pashto
Central Pashto
Native to	Pakistan, Afghanistan
Ethnicity	Pashtuns
Native speakers	6.4 million (2017 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Pashto Central Pashto; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Arabic (Pashto alphabet)
Official status
Regulated by	Pashto Academy of Pakistan; Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pst
Glottolog	cent1973

Central Pashto (Pashto: منځنۍ پښتو, romanized: Manźanəi Pax̌to) is a standard variety of the Pashto language, spoken in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are the middle dialects of Mangal, Zadran, Banuchi and Waziri. These dialects are affected by what Ibrahim Khan terms as "the Great Karlāṇ Vowel Shift".

Here is a comparison of Middle Dialects with South Eastern:

Central Dialects	ښ	ږ	څ	ځ	ژ
Waziri	ʃ	ʒ	t͡s	d͡z	ʒ
Dzadrāṇi	ç	ʝ	t͡s	d͡z	ʒ
Banusi	ʃ	ʒ	t͡s, s	d͡z, z	ʒ

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