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Pashto dialects (Pashto: د پښتو ژبګوټي də Pəx̌tó žәbgóṭi) can be divided into two large varieties: Northern Pashto and Southern Pashto. Each of the two varieties of Pashto is further divided into a number of dialects. Northern Pashto is spoken in eastern Afghanistan, and central, northern and eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including Peshawar). Southern Pashto is spoken to the south of it, in southern and western Afghanistan (including Kandahar), southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan (including Quetta). 'Ethnologue' divides Pashto into Northern, Southern and Central Pashto, and Wanetsi.^[2]

Pashto Dialects - "we"

Northern [Eastern and Western dialects]

/muɡ/

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Northern [Eastern and Western dialects]

/munɡ/

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Northern Eastern [Wardak Dialect]

/muʝ/

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Central [Waziri]

/miʒ/

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Central [Zadrāni]

/miʝ/

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South Western [possibly Kunduz]

/muʐ/

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South Eastern [Quetta]

/muʒ/

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South Western [Kandahar]

/muʐ/

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