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پښتو Autonyms
Northern Pashto
Summary
Northern Pashto is a stable indigenous language of Pakistan. It belongs to the Indo-European language family and is part of the Pushto macrolanguage. Direct evidence is lacking, but the language is thought to be used as a first language by all in the ethnic community. It is used as a language of instruction in some schools.
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It belongs to the Indo-European language family.
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