Re: Pashto Musical Night (Khyal Mohammad & Mahjabeen)
As far as i know , there are two major dialects of Pashto:
Western Pashto spoken in Afghanistan and Eastern Pashto spoken in northeastern Pakistan.
Most speakers of Pashto speak these two dialects.
Two other dialects are also distinguished: Southern Pashto, spoken in Baluchistan (western Pakistan and eastern Iran) and in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
so we have :
Northwestern spoken in Paktia province of Afghanistan
Northeastern spoken in Jallalabad, east of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan
Southwestern spoken in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Kandahar version of Pashto has greater prestige and is considered the standard dialect of Pashto. In fact, the spelling system of Pashto is based on the Kandahar dialect.
Southeastern spoken in Quetta, Pakistan