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The SouthernPashtoLanguage is a PashtoLanguage of Afghanistan. SIL code: PBT. ISO 639-1: ps. ISO 639-2: pus. Population: 8,000,000 all Pashto in Afghanistan (1989), 35% to 50% of the population (1996). Population total all countries 9,204,000 or more. All Pashto in all countries: 19,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Kandahar area. Also spoken in Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, UAE, United Kingdom. Dialects: SOUTHWESTERN PASHTO, KANDAHAR PASHTO, QANDAHAR PASHTO. Comments: There is generally an 80% lexical similarity between the northern and southern varieties of Pashto. Grammar. Perso-Arabic script used. Muslim. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: PASHTO, SOUTHERN.) Population: 113,000 in Iran (1993). Alternate names: PASHTU, PAKTU. Comments: Different from Northern Pashto of Pakistan and India. Sunni Muslim. Also spoken in: Pakistan. (Language name: PASHTO, SOUTHERN.) Population: 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 in Pakistan (1992). Alternate names: PUSHTO, PUSHTU. Dialects: SOUTHEASTERN PASHTO, QUETTA PASHTO. Comments: 80% lexical similarity with Northern Pashto, 76% with Central Pashto. Some Pashto speakers educated in Urdu medium schools mix Urdu into their Pashto speech. Perso-Arabic script used. Muslim. Also spoken in: United Arab Emirates. (Language name: PASHTO, SOUTHERN.) Population: Thousands in UAE. Alternate names: PAKTU, PAKHTU, PAKHTOO, AFGHAN. Comments: Speakers have come from Afghanistan. Unskilled laborers, drivers, shopkeepers. Mainly Sunni Muslim.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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