Language

Northern Pashto

Northern Pashto is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 17 countries.

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Scripture in Northern Pashto

A complete Bible is reported in Northern Pashto.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Northern Pashto is spoken

  • Afghanistan
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Tajikistan
  • Türkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

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About Northern Pashto

Part of
Pushto (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
pbu
Glottocode
nort2646
Also known as
Pashto, Northern · Pashtu: Dera Ismail Khan

Dialects and varieties 14

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Northern Pashto as a whole.

  • AfridiNo known Scripture
  • DuraniNo known Scripture
  • GhilzaiNo known Scripture
  • KhatakNo known Scripture
  • Kohat PashtoNo known Scripture
  • MarwatNo known Scripture
  • MohmandNo known Scripture
  • Pashto, Northern: NingraharianNo known Scripture
  • Pashto, Northern: NortheasternNo known Scripture
  • Pashtu: Dera Ismail KhanNo known Scripture
  • Pashtu: NorthwesternNo known Scripture
  • ShilmaniNo known Scripture
  • ShinwariNo known Scripture
  • YusufzaiNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.