Southern Pashto
| Southern Pashto | |
|---|---|
| South Western Pashto, South Eastern Pashto | |
| Native to | Pakistan, Afghanistan |
| Ethnicity | Pashtuns |
| Speakers | L1: 15 million (2017) L2: 3.5 million (2021) |
| Arabic (Pashto alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan Pashto Academy Quetta |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pbt |
| Glottolog | sout2649 |
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| Pashto language |
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan Pashto Academy |
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Southern Pashto (Pashto: جنوبي/سهيلي پښتو) is a standard variety of the Pashto language spoken in southeastern Afghanistan, and northern parts of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, comprising the Southwestern and Southeastern dialects of Pashto.