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Yousafzai Pashto (Peshāwar)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Iranic
Lat/lon: 34.0, 71.6
ISO code: pbu
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | pʰ, b | | t̪ʰ, d̪ | | | ʈʰ, ɖ | | kʰ, g | |
| tap | | | | | | ɽ | | | |
| fricative | | | | s, z | ʃ | | | x, ɣ | h |
| affricate | | | | | tʃʰ, dʒ | | | | |
| nasal | m | | | n | | | | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | | j | | |
Short nasalised series
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| near-close | ɪ | | ʊ |
| mid | | ə | |
| open-mid | ɛ | | |
| open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | iː | | uː |
| close-mid | eː | | oː |
| open | | aː | ɑː |
Source: Elfenbein, Josef. 1997. Pahsto phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 733–760. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns
Comments: /ʒ/ is present in some other subdialects, in Peshāwar it merged into /dʒ/.
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)